The Weston Altarpiece

Object type

Paintings

Date

Production: 1470 - 1490

Artist

Rogier van der Weyden (1400 - 1464) (school of)

Subject(s)

Heraldry
Knights Hospitaller
Religion and Devotion

Associated person

Commissioner: John Weston

Dimensions

Height x width x depth: 1280 x 430mm

Materials and technique

Oil on panel

Related place(s)

Clerkenwell
Dorset

Themes

St John the Baptist in the Museum’s collections

References

Kelly, Gerald Festus. Flemish Art 1300-1700. London: Royal Academy, 1953-4.
Catalogue number 123

Hale, Tony. 'An iconographical study of the Weston Triptych to establish connections with Grand Prior Sir John Weston and the Sovereign Order of the Knights of St John?' Batchelor’s dissertation, The Open University, 2014.

West, Richard. "The 'Weston Altarpiece' in the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell." Master’s dissertation, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2018.

West, Richard, "The 'Weston Altarpiece' in the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell." Burlington Magazine, 164, February 2022: 130–144.

Provenance

Purchased from the Hambro family, Milton Abbey Dorset, 1932

Exhibition history

Malte: Huit Siecles d'Histoire, Palace of Versailles, 23 June 1961-30 September 1961

The Order of St John in Malta with an exhibition of paintings by Mattia Preti, Painter and Knight, Museum of St John Co-Cathedral, 2 April 1970-1 July 1970

Catalogue number

1876