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"This prayer book was commissioned by Anne de Bretagne, wife of two successive kings of France, Charles VIII and Louis XII, to teach her son, the dauphin Charles-Orland (1492–1495), his catechism. It was painted in Tours by Jean Poyer, an artist…

painting: sketched by Raphael, painted by Giulio Romano

Book

The Virgin and Child surrounded by various saints.
Saint Margaret is located in the bottom row.

"This fabulous beast was the main ornament on the facade of a monumental gateway built in Paris by Pierre de Vigny (1728–32), leading into the Cour du Dragon (later destroyed) on the rue de l'Egout (today, the rue de Rennes).
On the keystone of the…

The window tells the stories of Saint Margaret and of Saint Catherine.
~This panel: Donatrix (Margaret of Lèves) praying before statue of the Virgin & Child

The window tells the stories of Saint Margaret and of Saint Catherine.
~This panel: Donors (Geffroy de Meslay and Guerin de Fraize)

The window tells the stories of Saint Margaret and of Saint Catherine.
~This panel: St Margaret vanquishing a demon

The window tells the stories of Saint Margaret and of Saint Catherine.
~This panel: St Margaret bursting out of the belly of a dragon

Painting depicting Saint Margaret and her legend.