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Click to view high resolution image Title: Portrait of Margaret of York Creator: Description: This work may have been part of a marriage diptych, with an image of Margaret's husband, Charles the Bold, as the accompanying wing. Margaret is depicted sitting in prayer in three-quarter profile. The small daisy pin on the left side of her chest is a play on her name, Marguerite, and the gold "B" pin in her hennin signifies her role as Duchess of Burgundy. The series of "C" and "M" pendants on her collier signify "Charles" and "Marguerite". While some scholars believe the roses depicted here to be the devices of the houses of York and Lancaster, Jean Wilson has argued that they signify romantic conquest and Margaret's absorption into her husband's family and house. From Wilson's examination, one could say that Margaret is here presented as property subsumed into Charles' estate. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public Domain Subject (See Also): Duchesses Heraldry House of York Jewelry Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy and Wife of Charles the Bold Marriage Portraits Geographic Area: Low Countries Century: 15 Date: ca. 1460-1480 Related Work: Current Location: Paris, Louvre Museum, R.F. 1938-17 Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Panel; Oil Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): 20 cm/12 cm/ Inscription: Related Resources: Jean Wilson, "Richement et pompeusement paree: The Collier of Margaret of York and the Politics of Love in Late Medieval Burgundy," in Excavating the Medieval Image: Manuscripts, Artists, Audiences: Essays in Honor of Sandra Hindman, ed. David S. Areford and Nina A. Rowe (Ashgate, 2004), 109-34.

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