Sir John Donne

This article is about the diplomat. For the poet, see John Donne.

The Donne Triptych by Hans Memling, 1470s, National Gallery, London. Sir John kneels at left, Lady Donne and a daughter at right

Sir John Donne (c.1420s – January 1503)[1] was a Welsh courtier, diplomat and soldier, a notable figure of the Yorkist party. In the 1470s, he commissioned the Donne Triptych, a triptych altarpiece by Hans Memling now in the National Gallery, London. It contains portraits of him, his wife Elizabeth and a daughter. He may well have been related to the Jacobean poet John Donne, although not as a direct ancestor, as he had no Donne grandchildren.

  1. ^ National Gallery of Great Britain Staff; Lorne Campbell (1998). The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools. National Gallery Publications. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-85709-171-7.