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British art timeline
c. 698
The Lindisfarne Gospels are written and illuminated by Celtic monks on the Scottish island of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Gospels
British Library
c. 1080
Work begins on the story of the Norman conquest, narrated in embroidery in the Bayeux tapestry
c. 1397
The English king, Richard II, commissions a diptych (the Wilton Diptych) showing himself being presented to the Virgin and Child
Wilton Diptych
(detail)
National Gallery, London
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1526
Hans Holbein the Younger pays his first visit to England, and stays with Thomas More in Chelsea
Holbein
'The Ambassadors'
(detail)
National Gallery, London
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1632
Van Dyck moves to London and becomes portrait painter to the British court and aristocracy
1636
A painted ceiling by Rubens, celebrating the Stuart dynasty, is installed in the Banqueting House in Whitehall
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