Description Of The Wilton House Diptych: Containing A Contemporary Portrait Of King Richard The Second (1882) - Softcover

Scharf, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143682057X ISBN 13: 9781436820578

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

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""Description Of The Wilton House Diptych: Containing A Contemporary Portrait Of King Richard The Second"" is a book written by George Scharf in 1882. The book provides a detailed account of the Wilton House Diptych, which is a two-panelled painting that contains a portrait of King Richard II, a medieval English monarch. The author provides a comprehensive description of the painting, including its history, style, and significance. Scharf also delves into the cultural and political context of the painting, exploring the role of art in medieval society and the political implications of the portrait. The book is an invaluable resource for art historians, medievalists, and anyone interested in the history of English monarchy and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Wilton House rortrait of Richard the Second. Library at AV indsor. The A slimolcan manuscript has been printed in 1757 in quarto, under the supervision of George Yertue, entitled AC atalogue a7id Description of King Charles the First s Cajntal Collection. The following passage, at page 173, near the end of the volume, relates to the picture which is about to occupy our attention :A naltarpiece with two shutting all over gilded doors, wherein is painted on the one side Richard the Second sideling, kneeling in his golden robes to our Lady, besides him standingS .J ohn Baptist with a white lamb, and King Edward the Confessor, with a ring on his left hand, standing by, andS .E dmund with an arrow in his left hand, and upon the other door, our Lady and Christ, and some eleven Angels all in blue, with garlands of roses upon their heads, the badge of the white hind upon their left shoulders ;on the outside of the door, the arms of Edward the Confessor, with a red hat and mantle ;which said piece was given to the King, by Sir James Palmer, u-ho had it of the Lord Jennings. Length 1foot 9inches. This, it will be observed, on comparison with the Chromolithograph, is not altogether a precise description ;but allowance is to be made for the writer being a foreigner. Yander Doort, however, had been a considerable time in England, as he quitted the service of the Emperor of Germany Rodolph II., and attached himself to Henry, Prince of Wales, who died in 1G12. He was appointed medallist to King Charles I. in 1G25. See Bathoc sedition of King Charles s Catalogue, p. 1C4; anil AV alpolo s Auccdotcs, edited by Da laway and Worninn, p. 206.
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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 143682057X
• ISBN 13: 9781436820578
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 104
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