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He may have commissioned the altarpiece to strengthen ties of the Trinity Collegiate Church with Margaret of Denmark, and the imagery used may express her interests and personal iconography.
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was born in 1473; he appears to be at least five years old. A second son born in 1478 is not shown. As with the royal portraits in the
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Jill Harrison, 'Fresh Perspectives on Hugo van Goes' Portrait of Margaret of Denmark and the Trinity Altarpiece',
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Wendy Hitchmough, 'Setting the Stuart court: placing portraits in the performance of Anglo-Spanish negotiations',
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Jill Harrison, 'Fresh Perspectives on Hugo van Goes' Portrait of Margaret of Denmark and the Trinity Altarpiece',
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of the contemporary Provost of Trinity College Kirk, Edward Bonkil, accompanied by two angels playing an organ.
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in 1560; the central panel was perhaps destroyed at this point. The painting was taken to England at the
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Edward Bonkil was a member of a wealthy Edinburgh merchant family with commercial connections in
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a few years later, it is presumed that drawings were made in Scotland and sent to the artist.
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The work represents a rare example of religious art in Scotland to have survived the
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The painting in the church was described as a "burd" ("board") on 17 May 1516 when
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James III of Scotland accompanied by his son James, presented by St Andrew
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Lorne Campbell, 'Edward Bonkil: A Scottish Patron of Hugo van der Goes',
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Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
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Trinity College Kirk
Edinburgh
Royal Collection
Scottish National Gallery
Netherlandish
Hugo van der Goes
triptych
Virgin and Child
James IV of Scotland
Hours of James IV of Scotland

John Stewart, Duke of Albany
Trinity Sunday
iconoclasm
Scottish Reformation
Union of the Crowns
Anne of Denmark
James VI and I
Oatlands
Prince Charles
Duke of Buckingham
Holy Trinity
donor portrait
James III
Saint Andrew
James IV
Margaret of Scotland
Saint George

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