Trinity Altarpiece

[2] They are now universally attributed to the Netherlandish artist Hugo van der Goes, with studio assistance, and probably represent the inner and outer panels of the wings of a triptych.

The painting in the church was described as a "burd" ("board") on 17 May 1516 when John Stewart, Duke of Albany made an offering at the high altar on Trinity Sunday.

[4] The work represents a rare example of religious art in Scotland to have survived the iconoclasm of the Scottish Reformation in 1560; the central panel was perhaps destroyed at this point.

[6] The four panels depict the following subjects: Edward Bonkil was a member of a wealthy Edinburgh merchant family with commercial connections in Bruges.

[9] 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.