Wyvern Collection: Objects in Focus V2

Looks at an extremely rare, illuminated triptych by Simon Bening

The second volume in the Wyvern Research Institute’s Wyvern Collection: Objects in Focus series will present new investigations being undertaken by Susie Nash and Clare Richardson on an extremely rare, illuminated triptych. Painted on vellum mounted onto wooden panels, the triptych depicts the Virgin and Child in a garden, flanked by scenes of the Nativity and Christ Among the Doctors. It is one of only five known paintings by Bening intended for independent display.

Combining art historical research and original technical analysis, this book offers the first dedicated, in-depth study of the Wyvern Collection triptych. It also marks a significant scholarly contribution as the first publication to consider these standalone paintings on parchment as a distinct object group, separate from manuscript illuminations.