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Portrait of Margaret of York
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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.