A FULL SIZE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPLICA OF THE CELEBRATED ASHEWELLTHROPE TRIPTYCH HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NORFOLK BRANCH OF THE ART FUND FOR ALL SAINTS CHURCH IN ASHWELLTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK. BACK IN 1983, THE ART FUND HELPED NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM TO BUY A MAGNIFICENT FLEMISH ALTARPIECE, THE ASHWELLTHORPE TRIPTYCH, DEPICTING THE SEVEN SORROWS OF THE VIRGIN MARY. COMMISSIONED BY THE KNYVETT FAMILY OF ASHWELLTHORPE IN AROUND 1520, IT IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN PAINTING COMMISSIONED BY A NORFOLK FAMILY FROM A FLEMISH ARTIST. FAT FORWARD TO 2010 AND A FULL SIZE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPLICA OF THE CELEBRATED TRIPTYCH. THE WORK, WHICH THE ART FUND GAVE £500 TOWARDS, WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE NORWICH CATHEDRAL BETWEEN 6-29.DECEMBER BEFORE HEADING TO ITS PERMANENT HOME AT THE CHURCH IN ASHWELLTHORPE, WHERE IT WILL BE DEDICATED BY THE BISHOP OF NORWICH AT A SPECIAL SERVICE ON 6.FEBRUARY.2011. MARY YULE, A VOLUNTEER WITH THE NORFOLK BRANCH OF THE ART FUND, SPENT AN HOUR ON THE FOURTH PLINTH IN LONDON'S TRAFALGAR SQUARE LAST YEAR AS PART OF ANTONY GORMLEY'S ONE & OTHER PROJECT, IN ORDER TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE COPY OF THE TRIPTYCH. SHE SAID: 'IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE GOING ONTO THE FOURTH PLINTH TO RAISE FUNDS TO CREATE THIS WONDERFUL REPLICA, AND THRILLING THAT IT NOW EXISTS. IT IS A GREAT HONOR THAT IT IS BEING SHOWN IN THE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL BEFORE IT GOES HOME TO ALL SAINTS CHURCH, ASHWELLTHORPE.'
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