Wall Paintings of Eton

The paintings which adorn the lower walls of the chapel at Eton College are arguably the most important surviving late-medieval murals in Northern Europe. Painted between 1477 and 1487, they originally comprised some thirty-two scenes ranged in two registers on the chapel’s north and south walls, recounting the miracles of the Virgin. Concealed for years with whitewash and panelling, it was not until the 1920s that the paintings were finally uncovered and their significance appreciated fully. This stunningly illustrated publication brings together the considerable body of recent research into these internationally important wall paintings, giving a comprehensive description and account of their creation and patronage. It also includes a fascinating discussion of the rare wall paintings dating to around 1520, showing a master teaching boys, which was recently discovered in the Head Master’s Chambers.