The Wilton Diptych: Object In Focus
The Ashmolean is proud to be a partner venue for the National Treasures displays in 2024 and is showcasing the Wilton Diptych in the England: 400-1600 Gallery over the summer from 10 May. As part of its 200th birthday celebrations, the National Gallery is loaning 12 paintings to venues around the UK.

Join this object-in-focus talk to hear about the symbolism and history of the Wilton Diptych, painted about 1395-9 and made for Richard II, King of England from 1377 to 1399.

The small, portable devotional artwork is one of a handful of English panel paintings to have survived from the Middle Ages.
Date: 5 June 2024, 14:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details: Ashmolean Lecture Theatre. Also available online.
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Sliwka (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Ashmolean Museum
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.ashmolean.org/event/wilton-diptych-object-in-focus-talk
Cost: £8
Audience: Public
Editor: Sarah Casey