Keywords: Master of Moulins 004.jpg Artwork Creator Master of Moulins Margarete von Österreich Painting of supposed future Queen of France Margaret of Austria circa 1490 oil on panel cm 32 7 23 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art <small>See source section </small> object history 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's piety The portrait was the left wing of a diptych; the right wing is now lost exhibition history credit line Robert Lehman Collection 1975 accession number 1975 1 130 http //metmuseum org/collections/search-the-collections/150000120 img 0 Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Gallery <gallery> Image MargaretheofAustria JeanHey jpg Image Master of Moulins - Portrait of Margaret of Austria Portrait of a Young Princess - WGA14462 jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Master of Moulins 15th-century paintings from France Margaret of Austria Lehman Collection |