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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]

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- [en] Donne Triptych

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[fr] Triptyque Donne

Le Triptyque Donne également connu sous le nom de son panneau central la Vierge et l'Enfant avec les donateurs, des anges et des saintes est un triptyque du peintre primitif flamand d'origine allemande Hans Memling (1430-1494), qui est actif à Bruges pendant la seconde moitié du XVe siècle. Commandé probablement par sir John Donne of Kidwelly, diplomate gallois résident à Calais dans les années 1470, lors de l'un de ses voyages à Bruges, il est actuellement exposé à la National Gallery de Londres au Royaume-Uni.

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[it] Trittico Donne

Il Trittico Donne è un dipinto a olio su tavola (71x70,3 cm il pannello centrale, 71x30,5 ciascun pannello laterale) di Hans Memling, databile al 1470 circa e conservato nella National Gallery di Londra.

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