The Wilton Diptych Virgin and Child Christmas Card Pack of 8

Message inside: With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year

8 large cards with envelopes presented in a decorative wallet, printed in the UK on textured paper. Created exclusively by the National Gallery.

The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych from the Middle Ages. This detail shows the Virgin and Child surrounded by angels dressed in blue with floral crowns.

About this painting

Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych'), about 1395-9

Egg on oak, 53 × 37 cm

© The National Gallery London, Bought with a special grant and contributions from Samuel Courtauld, Viscount Rothermere, C.T. Stoop and the Art Fund, 1929