# Portrait of Margaret of Austria \(Portrait of a Young Princess\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of Moulins](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera and oil on wood, 33 x 23 cm

## Commentary

Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, was betrothed at the age of three to the infant Charles VIII of France. She is shown here at age ten, one year before she was repudiated by her intended husband. The elaborate pendant of a pelican piercing its breast to feed its young \(its blood represented by the large hanging ruby\), a symbol of Christian charity, alludes to the sitter&#39;s piety. The portrait was the left wing of a diptych; the right wing is now lost.

## Related artworks

- [Anne of France, Duchesse de Bourbon, Presented by St John the Evangelist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/anne-of-france-duchesse-de-bourbon-presented-by-st-john-the-evangelist-rf91771b6643412>)
- [Madonna and Child Adored by Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/madonna-and-child-adored-by-angels-r398201692b556e>)
- [Madonna Enthroned with Saints \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/madonna-enthroned-with-saints-detail-r3cfa8a88d8b714>)
- [Mary Magdalen and a Donator](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/mary-magdalen-and-a-donator-r9026bb10ab44f6>)
- [Meeting at the Golden Gate](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/meeting-at-the-golden-gate-r1abf65520ca695>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/nativity-r77e60ac1226688>)
- [Pierre II, Duc de Bourbon, Presented by St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/pierre-ii-duc-de-bourbon-presented-by-st-peter-r21dea799067c93>)
- [Portrait of Charles II of Bourbon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/portrait-of-charles-ii-of-bourbon-reafbf1aea6005c>)
- [St Victor with Donor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/st-victor-with-donor-r2025cbb7327b59>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/the-annunciation-r5ed5b1dc416200>)
- [The Dauphin Charles-Orlant](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/the-dauphin-charles-orlant-r828af458918ad6>)
- [The Moulins Triptych \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-moulins-r8b9298c0e7bee7/the-moulins-triptych-central-panel-r5d704927e30ffb>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)