Donne Triptych

Triptych by Hans Memling

The Donne Triptych by Hans Memling, c. 1470-80s, National Gallery, London.

The Donne Triptych (or Donne Altarpiece) is a hinged-triptych altarpiece by the Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling. It consists of five individual panel paintings: a central inner panel, and two double-sided wings. It was painted for the soldier, courtier and diplomat Sir John Donne, probably sometime between the late 1470s or early 1480s, and contains portraits of Donne, his wife and daughter.[1] It is kept in the collection of the National Gallery, London, with the panels still in their original frames.

When Donne commissioned the work is unknown. Art historians have debated whether it was painted in the early 1480s, around the same time Memling painted Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An earlier date of sometime in the late 1470s is possible, at the time he completed the similar St John Altarpiece, or it may have been painted as a precursor to that altarpiece.[2][3][4]

The donor, Sir John Donne of Kidwelly, was a Picardy-born Welsh diplomat for the House of York who visited Bruges at least once, in 1468 to attend Charles the Bold and Margaret of York's wedding; how he became acquainted with Memling is as uncertain as when he commissioned the triptych.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bauman (1986), p. 25
2. ^ "Virgin and Child with Saints". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
3. ^ Donne Triptych Archived April 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. National Gallery. Retrieved May 30, 2014
4. ^ Blum, 92
5. ^ Bruce, 79

## Sources[edit]

* Bauman, Guy. "Early Flemish Portraits 1425-1525". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, volume 43, no. 4, 1986. JSTOR 3269088
* Blum, Shirley Neilson. Early Netherlandish Triptychs: A Study in Patronage. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969
* Bruce, Donald. Contemporary Review. Aug 94, Vol. 265 Issue 1543, p. 72.

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Individual
religious panels|

* Virgin and Child Enthroned with two Musical Angels, c. 1467
* Scenes from the Passion of Christ, c. 1470
* Adoration of the Magi, c. 1471
* Mater Dolorosa, c. 1475
* Madonna and Child with Angels, c. 1479
* Allegory with a Virgin, c. 1479–1480
* Advent and Triumph of Christ, c. 1480
* Mater Dolorosa, c. 1480
* Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, c. 1480
* Angel Musicians, 1480s
* Pagagnotti Triptych, c. 1480
* Christ Surrounded by Musician Angels, c. 1480s
* Annunciation, 1480s
* Adam and Eve, c. 1485
* Bathsheba, c. 1485
* Madonna and Child with Saint James and Saint Dominic, c. 1485

Polyptychs|

* Last Judgment, c. 1467–1471
* Diptych of an elderly couple, c. 1470–1472
* Diptych of Jean de Cellier, c. 1475
* Jan Floreins Altarpiece, 1479
* St John Altarpiece, 1479
* Adoration of the Magi, c. 1479–1480
* Adriaan Reins Altarpiece, 1480
* Donne Triptych, c. 1480
* Moreel Triptych, 1484
* Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, c. 1485
* Benedetto Portinari Triptych, 1487
* Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487
* St. Ursula Shrine, c. 1489
* Christ Surrounded by Singing and Music-making Angels, c. 1483–1494

Portraits|

* Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat, c. 1465–1470
* Portrait of a Man, c. 1470–1472
* Portrait of Tommaso Portinari, c. 1470–1472
* Portrait of Maria Portinari, c. 1470–1472
* Portrait of an Elderly Man, c. 1470–1475
* Portrait of an Elderly Woman, c. 1470–1475
* Portrait of a Man with a Pink Carnation, 1475
* Portrait of Benedetto Portinari, 1478
* Portrait of Willem Morell, c. 1480
* Portrait of a Man with a Roman Medal, c. 1480
* Portrait of Barbara van Vlaendenbergh, c. 1480
* Sibylla Sambetha, c. 1480
* Portrait of Folco Portinari, c. 1490

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