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Rogier van der Weyden, also known as Rogier de le Pasture (1399/1400 – June 18, 1464) is, with Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painting active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
, considered one of the greatest exponents of the school of Early Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting

Early Netherlandish painting is the work of those painting who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent....
.

er van der Weyden was born in Tournai
Tournai

Tournai is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut ....
 as 'Rogier de le Pasture' (Roger of the Pasture) in 1399 or 1400.






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Rogier van der Weyden, also known as Rogier de le Pasture (1399/1400 – June 18, 1464) is, with Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painting active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
, considered one of the greatest exponents of the school of Early Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting

Early Netherlandish painting is the work of those painting who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent....
.

Life and family

Rogier van der Weyden was born in Tournai
Tournai

Tournai is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut ....
 as 'Rogier de le Pasture' (Roger of the Pasture) in 1399 or 1400. His parents were Henri de le Pasture and Agnes de Watrélos. The family had settled before in the city of Tournai where Rogiers father worked as a 'maître-coutelier' (knife manufacturer). In 1426 Rogier married to Elisabeth, the daughter of the Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 shoemaker Jan Goffaert and his wife Cathelyne van Stockem. Rogier and Elisabeth had four children: Cornelius who became a carthusian
Carthusian

The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of Enclosed religious orders Monasticism. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns....
 monk was born in 1427, a daughter Margaretha in 1432. Before 21 October 1435 the family settled in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 where the two younger children were born: Pieter in 1437 and Jan the next year. From the second of March 1436 onwards held the title of 'painter to the town of Brussels' (stadsschilder) a very prestigious post because Brussels was at that time the most important residence of the splendid court of the Dukes of Burgundy. It was at the occasion of his move to the Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
-speaking town of Brussels that Rogier began using the Dutch version of his name: 'Rogier van der Weyden'.

Training as a painter


Little is known about Rogier's training as a painter. The archival sources from Tournai (completely destroyed during World War II, but luckily partly transcribed in the 19th and early 20th century) are somewhat confusing and have led to different interpretations by scholars. From a document it is known that the city council of Tournai offered wine in honour of a certain 'Maistre Rogier de le Pasture' on March the 17th 1427. However, on the 5th of March of the following year the records of the painters' guild
Guild

File:Windsorguildhall.jpgA guild is an association of artisan in a particular trade. The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers....
 show a certain 'Rogelet de le Pasture' entered the workshop of Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
 together with Jacques Daret
Jacques Daret

Jacques Daret was an Early Netherlandish painting painter born in Tournai , where he would spend much of his life. Daret spent 15 years as a pupil in the studio of Robert Campin, alongside Rogier or Rogelet de le Pasture , and afterwards became a master in his own right....
. Only five years later, on the first of August 1432, Rogier de le Pasture obtains the title of 'Master' (Maistre) as a painter. Many have doubted whether Campin's apprentice 'Rogelet' was the same as the master 'Rogier' that was offered the wine back in 1426. The fact that in 1426-1427 Rogier was a married man in his late twenties, and well over the normal age of apprenticeship has been used as an argument to consider 'Rogelet' as a younger painter with the same name. In the 1420's however the city of Tournai was in crisis and as a result the guilds were not functioning normally. The late apprenticeship of Rogier/Rogelet may have been a legal formality. Also Jacques Daret was then in his twenties and had been living and working in Campin's household for at least a decade. It is also possible that Rogier obtained an academic title (Master) before he became a painter and that he was awarded the wine of honour on the occasion of his graduation. The sophisticated and 'learned' iconographical and compositional qualities of the paintings attributed to him are sometimes used as an argument in favour of this supposition. The social and intellectual status of Rogier in his later life surpassed largely that of a mere craftsman at that time. In general the close stylistical link between the documented works of Jacques Daret
Jacques Daret

Jacques Daret was an Early Netherlandish painting painter born in Tournai , where he would spend much of his life. Daret spent 15 years as a pupil in the studio of Robert Campin, alongside Rogier or Rogelet de le Pasture , and afterwards became a master in his own right....
, and the paintings attributed to Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
 and Rogier van der Weyden is considered as the main argument to consider Rogier van der Weyden as a pupil of Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
.

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Career

After he settled in Brussels Rogier began a prosperous career that would make him the most famous painter in Europe at the time he died in 1464. Different properties and investments are documented and witness his material prosperity. The portraits he painted of the Burgundian Dukes, their relatives and courtiers, point to his good relations with the richest and most powerful sovereigns in Europe.

The Miraflores Altarpiece was probably commissioned by King Juan II of Castile, since Juan II donated it to the monastery of Miraflores in 1445. In the holy year 1450 Rogier quite possibly made a pilgrimage to Rome which brought him in contact with Italian artists and patrons. The Este
Este

The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. It is split into two branches; the elder is known as the House of Welf-Este or House of Welf, the younger, as the House of Fulc-Este or later simply as the House of Este....
 and Medici
Medici

The M?dici family was a powerful and influential Florence family from the 14th to 18th century. The family had three popes , numerous rulers of Florence and later members of the French and English royalty....
 family commissioned paintings from him. The Duchess of Milan, Bianca Maria Visconti, sent her court painter Zanetto Bugatto
Zanetto Bugatto

Zanetto Bugatto was an Italian people painter of the Quattrocento.He was probably born in Milan.He executed portraits at the Sforza court of the Duchy of Milan from 1458, including that of Ippolita Sforza and her father Francesco I Sforza....
 to Brussels to become an apprentice in Rogier's workshop. Rogier's international reputation had increased progressively. In the 1450's and 1460's scholars like Cusanus, Filarete
Filarete

Antonio di Pietro Averlino , also "Averulino", known as Filarete , was a Florentine architect, sculpture and architectural theorist of the Italian Renaissance....
 and Facius referred to him in superlatives: 'the greatest', 'the most noble' of painters.

Works

Not a single work that can be attributed with certainty (on the basis of documentary evidence) to Rogier van der Weyden survives. Rogier's most famous paintings were the four vast panels with the 'Justice of Trajan
Justice of Trajan

The Justice of Trajan is a legendary episode in the life of Roman Emperor Trajan, based upon Dio Cassius' account : "He did not, however, as might have been expected of a warlike man, pay any less attention to the civil administration nor did he dispense justice any the less; on the contrary, he conducted trials, now in the Forum of Augustus,...
' and the 'Justice of Herkenbald', painted for the 'Gulden Camere' (Golden Chamber) of the Brussels Town Hall
Brussels Town Hall

The Town Hall of City of Brussels is a Gothic architecture building from the Middle Ages. It is located in the middle of the famous Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium....
. The first and third panels were signed, and the first dated 1439. All four were finished before 1450. They were destroyed in the French bombardment of Brussels in 1695, but are known from many old descriptions, from a free partial copy in tapestry (Bern, Historisches Museum) and from other free and partial copies in drawing and painting. The paintings probably measured ca. 4,5 m. each, which was an enormous scale for a painting on panel at that time. They served as 'examples of justice' for the aldermen of the city who had to speak justice in this room. According to the praising descriptions (by a.o. Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer

'Albrecht D?rer' was a Germans Painting, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. His still-famous works include the Apocalypse woodcuts, commons:Image:Duerer - Ritter, Tod und Teufel .jpg , St....
, Calvete de Estrella and Isaac Bullart) the paintings had a strong emotional impact on the beholder. As can be seen in still extant paintings attributable to him, Rogier van der Weyden was a master in the depiction of emotions and grief.

This aspect of his style is also apparent in the Deposition
Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross , or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his Crucifixion of Jesus ....
  (Madrid, Museo del Prado
Museo del Prado

The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid, the capital of Spain. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection....
) that has been attributed to Rogier since the 16th century. It was probably commissioned by the 'Saint Georges Guild of the crossbowmen' for the church of 'Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Ginderbuiten' in Leuven
Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
. Although the pedigree of this work is known it can not be related to Rogier on a documentary basis with certainty. Some authors like Max J. Friedländer or more recently Felix Thürlemann consider it as a work of Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
 on the basis of stylistical comparison.

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Influence

His vigorous, subtle, expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on European painting, not only in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 but also in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Hans Memling
Hans Memling

Hans Memling was an Early Netherlandish painting, born in Seligenstadt/Germany, who was the last major fifteenth century artist in the Low Countries, the successor to Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, whose tradition he continued with little innovation....
 was his greatest follower, although it is not proven that he was a direct pupil of Rogier. Van der Weyden had also great influence on the German painter and engraver Martin Schongauer
Martin Schongauer

Martin Schongauer was a Germans engraver and Painting. He was the most important German printmaker before Albrecht D?rer.His prints were circulated widely and Schongauer was known in Italy by the names, Bel Martino and Martino d'Anversa....
 whose prints were distributed all over Europe since the last decades of the 15th century. Indirectly Schongauer's prints helped to disseminate Van der Weyden's style.

List of works

Most important paintings attributed to Rogier:

Most of the works consists of more than one panel; mostly they are triptych
Triptych

A triptych is a work of art which is divided into three sections, or three Wood carving panels which are hinged together and folded. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works; the diptych has two panels....
s, diptych
Diptych

A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, types existing for recording notes and for measuring time and direction....
s or polyptych
Polyptych

A polyptych generally refers to a painting which is divided into four or more sections, or panels. Polyptych may also be used to refer collectively to all multi-panel paintings....
s. Some of them are dismembered and the parts are kept in different museums. Some panels are only fragmentary remains of lost masterpieces. This list features the paintings accepted as authentic by Dirk de Vos (see references below). They are listed chronologically following the datations by De Vos. All works are executed in oil on oak panels except if mentioned otherwise.

ca. 1425-1430:
  • Enthroned Virgin and Child in a Niche, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
    Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

    The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, or in Spanish Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, is an art gallery near the Prado Museum in Madrid. It is known as a part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Museo del Prado and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof?a galleries....
    ; and Saint George and the Dragon, Washington
    Washington

    Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
     National Gallery of Art
    National Gallery of Art

    The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
    . Both ca. 14 x 10 cm.
  • Crucifixion, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 538 A., 79 x 49 cm.


ca. 1430-1432:
  • Diptych with the Virgin and Child Standing in a Niche, and Saint Catherine in a landscape, Vienna
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
    , Kunsthistorisches Museum
    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstra?e, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world....
    , inv. nr. 951 and 955. Both ca. 19 x 12 cm.


ca. 1430-1435:
  • Descent from the Cross, Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    , Museo del Prado
    Museo del Prado

    The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid, the capital of Spain. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection....
    , inv. nr. 2825. 220 x 259 cm.
  • Virgin and Child in a Niche, the so called: Durán Madonna, Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    , Museo del Prado
    Museo del Prado

    The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid, the capital of Spain. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection....
    , inv. nr. 2722. 100 x 52 cm.
  • Portrait of a Woman, (sometimes considered as the portrait of van der Weyden's wife Elisabeth Goffaert), Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 545 D. 47 x 32 cm.
  • Triptych with an Annunciation Center panel with the Annunciation
    Annunciation

    In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, by the angel Gabriel that she would Conception a child to be born the Son of God....
     in Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    , Musée du Louvre, inv. nr. 1982. 87 x 91 cm., Wings with the Visitation
    Visitation

    Visitation may refer to:In law:* In United States Law, the term for the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children, elsewhere known as Contact ...
     and a 'clergyman kneeled in prayer' in Turin
    Turín

    Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
    , Galleria Sabauda, inv. nr. 210 and 320. Both 89 x 36,5 cm.


ca. 1435-1440:
  • Saint Luke drawing the portrait of the Virgin, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Higginson bequest, 93.153. 138 x 111 cm.
  • Visitation, Leipzig
    Leipzig

    Leipzig is, with a population of over 511,252, the largest city in the States of Germany of Saxony, Germany....
    , Museum der bildenden Künste
    Museum der bildenden Künste

    The Museum der bildenden K?nste is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.On 7,000 square meters of display area, 3,500 paintings, 1,000 sculptures and 60,000 graphical works are shown....
    , inv. nr. 1550. 58 x 36 cm.
  • Triptych with the crucifixion, so called: Abegg Triptych, Riggisberg
    Riggisberg

    Riggisberg is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Seftigen in the Cantons of Switzerland of Bern in Switzerland....
    , Abegg-Stiftung, inv. nr. 14.2.63. Center panel: 103 x 72 cm. Wings, both: 103 x 33 cm.


ca. 1440-1445:
  • Triptych of the Seven Sacraments, so called: Chevrot Altarpiece, Antwerp
    Antwerp

    ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
    , Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, inv. nr. 393-395. center panel: 200 x 97 cm, Both side panels: 119 x 63 cm.
  • Triptych of Our Fair Lady, so called: Miraflores Altarpiece, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 534A. Three panels: 74 x 45 cm each.
  • Triptych with the crucifixion, Vienna
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
    , Kunsthistorisches Museum
    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstra?e, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world....
    , inv. nr. 901. Center panel: 96 x 69 cm. Wings: 101 x 35 cm.
  • Reading Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine and Saint Joseph, fragments of a lost Sacra Conversazione
    Sacra conversazione

    In art, the sacra conversazione, which translates as Sacred or Holy Conversation in English, but is normally used in the Italian, refers to a depiction of the Madonna with infant Jesus amidst a group of saints....
    , Mary Magdalen in: London, National Gallery, inv. nr. 645. 62 x 54 cm. ; Heads of Saint Catherine and Saint Joseph in Lissabon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

    The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a Portugal private foundation of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of arts, charitable organization, education, and science....
    , inv. nr. 75B and 79 A. Both fragments ca. 21 x 18 cm.


ca. 1445-1450:
  • Triptych with the Birth of Christ, so called: Bladelin Triptych, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 535. Center panel: 94 X 92 cm, Wings each: 94 x 42 cm.
  • Jean Wauquelin presenting his 'Chroniques de Hainaut' to Philip the Good, dedication miniature from the 'Chroniques de Hainaut', Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    , Royal Library of Belgium
    Royal Library of Belgium

    The Royal Library of Belgium is one of the most important cultural institutions in Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Duke of Burgundy....
    , ms. 9242, fol.1, paint on parchment, 15,4 x 20 cm (illustration), 42,3 x 28,8 (leaf).
  • Polyptych with the Last Judgement, so called: Beaune Altarpiece, Beaune
    Beaune

    Beaune is a commune in France in eastern France, a sub-prefecture of the C?te-d'Or Departments of France in the Bourgogne Regions of France....
    , Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune
    Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune

    The H?tel-Dieu, Beaune is the former hospital in the centre of Beaune, France, now a museum, but still run by the Hospices de Beaune. It is now an outstanding example of the architecture of its period....
    , originally oil on oak panels, today some panels are transferred to canvas. The polyptych consists of 15 different parts. The large center part measures 210 x 100 cm, the small upper wings measure 72 x 45 cm. Opened the polyptych measures 210 x 548 cm.


ca. 1445-1455:
  • Saint Margareth and Saint Apollonia, Right wing of a lost triptych, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 534C. 51,5 x 27,5 cm.


ca. 1450-1455:
  • Triptych of Jean Braque, Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    , Musée du Louvre, inv. nr. RF 2063. Center panel: 34 x 62 cm, wings each 34 x 27 cm.
  • Portrait of a man, Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    , Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
    Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

    The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, or in Spanish Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, is an art gallery near the Prado Museum in Madrid. It is known as a part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Museo del Prado and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof?a galleries....
    , inv. nr. 1930.26. 32 x 23 cm.
  • Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi, so called: Columba Altarpiece, Munich
    Munich

    Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
    , Alte Pinakothek
    Alte Pinakothek

    The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
    , inv. nr. WAF 1189-1191. Center panel: ca. 140 x 153, Wings each: ca. 140 x 73 cm.
  • Triptych with scenes from the life of John the Baptist, so called: Saint Johns Altarpiece, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv. nr. 534B. Each panel ca. 77 X 48 cm.
  • The crucified Christ between the mourning Mary and Saint John, so called: Crucifixion of Scheut, El Escorial
    El Escorial

    El Escorial is an historical residence of the king of Spain. It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, royal palace, museum and school....
    , Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo, inv. nr. 10014602. 325 x 192 cm.


ca. 1455-1464:
  • Deploration of Christ or Pietà, Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    , Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
    Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

    The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium , is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.It is situated in the capital Brussels in the downtown area on the Coudenberg....
    , inv. nr. 3515. 33 x 47 cm.


ca. 1455-1460:
  • Diptych of Jean Gros, Left wing: Virgin with Child in Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai
    Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai

    The Mus?e des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum.This museum was created at the beginning of the 20th century after Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection to the city of Tournai in 1905....
    , inv. nr. 481. Right wing: Portrait of Jean Gros in Chicago
    Chicago

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    , The Art Institute, Ryerson Collection nr. 1933.1052. Both wings ca. 39 x 29 cm.
  • Portrait of Francesco d'Este, New York
    New York

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    , Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile, New York City in New York City, USA....
    , Friedsam Collection, inv. nr. 32.100.43. ca. 30 x 20 cm.


ca. 1460:
  • Diptych of Philippe de Croy, Lord of Sempy, left wing: Virgin and Child in: San Marino (California), Huntington Art Collections, The Art Gallery, inv. nr. 26.105.; right wing: Portrait of Philippe de Croy in: Antwerp
    Antwerp

    ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
    , Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, inv. nr. 254. both wings ca. 49 x 30 cm. (Recent research by Ron Spronk proved that the two panels formed indeed a diptych together. The temporarily rejoined diptych was displayed in the loan exhibition 'Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych' at the National Gallery of Art
    National Gallery of Art

    The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
     in Washington
    Washington

    Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
     and the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen in Antwerp
    Antwerp

    ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
     in Fall 2006/Spring 2007.)


ca. 1461-1462:
  • Portrait of Charles the Bold, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, inv.nr. 545. 51 x 34 cm.
  • Portrait of Antoine, bastard of Burgundy
    Antoine, bastard of Burgundy

    Antoine , known to his contemporaries as "the bastard of Duchy of Burgundy" or "the Grand Bastard - le grand b?tard" - was the natural son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and one of his mistresses, Jeanne de Presle....
    , Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    , Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
    Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

    The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium , is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.It is situated in the capital Brussels in the downtown area on the Coudenberg....
    , inv.nr. 1449. 38 x 28 cm.
  • Virgin and Child, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts
    Museum of Fine Arts

    The Museum of Fine Arts may refer to:* The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Massachusetts, United States* The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Texas, United States...
    , Edith A. and Percy S. Strauss Collection, inv. nr. 44-535. 32 x 23 cm.


ca. 1460-1464:
  • Virgin and Child with four Saints, the so called: Medici Madonna, painted for the Medici
    Medici

    The M?dici family was a powerful and influential Florence family from the 14th to 18th century. The family had three popes , numerous rulers of Florence and later members of the French and English royalty....
     Family in Florence
    Florence

    Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
    , Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
    Frankfurt

    is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
    , inv. nr. 850. 51 x 38 cm.


ca. 1463-1464:
  • Diptych of Jean de Froimont, left wing: Virgin and Child in: Caen
    Caen

    Caen is a commune in France in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados Departments of France and the capital of the Basse-Normandie r?gion in France....
    , Musée des Beaux-Arts
    Musée des Beaux-Arts

    "Mus?e des Beaux Arts" is the title of a poem by W. H. Auden from 1938. The poem's title derives from the Mus?es Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels which contains the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, thought until recently to be by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, though still believed to be based on a lost original of hi...
    , inv.nr. M.91. right wing: Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    , Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
    Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

    The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium , is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.It is situated in the capital Brussels in the downtown area on the Coudenberg....
    , inv.nr. 4279. both wings ca. 51 x 33 cm. (According to a publication by Dominique Vanwijnsberghe).
  • Portrait of a Lady, sometimes identified as Marie de Valengin, bastard daughter of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
    Philip III, Duke of Burgundy

    Philip the Good , also Philip III, Duke of Burgundy was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet branch of the Valois dynasty ....
    , Washington
    Washington

    Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
    , National Gallery of Art
    National Gallery of Art

    The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
    , Andrew W. Mellon Collection, inv.nr. 1937.1.44. 37 x 27 cm.
  • Entombment of Christ of Deploration before the opened grave, probably commissioned by Cosimo de Medici, Florence
    Florence

    Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
    , Galleria degli Uffizi, inv.nr. 1114. 110 x 96ccm.
  • Calvary diptych, left wing: Mary in grief, supported by Saint John, right wing: Crucifixion, probably the outside of the wings of a lost carved altarpiece, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Philadelphia Museum of Art

    The Philadelphia Museum of Art, known locally and colloquially as "The Art Museum", is among the largest art museums in the United States....
    , The John G. Johnson Collection, inv.nr. 334-335.


Works rejected by De Vos:

Copies after Van der Weyden:

A 15th century copy after the Madrid Descent from the Cross
Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross , or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his Crucifixion of Jesus ....
 by an anonymous master (the so-called Edelheer-triptych) is preserved in the Sint-Pieterskerk
St. Peter's Church, Leuven

The Saint Peter's Church of Leuven, Belgium, is situated on that city's Grote Markt , across from the ornate Leuven Town Hall. Built mostly in the 15th century in Gothic architecture style, the church is in the form of a cross with a low bell tower that has never been completed....
, Leuven
Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
.

Gallery


See also

  • A major loan exhibition on Rogier van der Weyden and his circle is planned in Leuven
    Leuven

    Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
    /Louvain Belgium in fall 2009. Curators are Prof. Jan van der Stock of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

    The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the Flemish offshoot of the oldest university in the Low Countries which was originally founded in 1425 ....
     and Dr. Lorne Campbell of the National Gallery
    National gallery

    A national gallery is a country's major public art gallery. Among the galleries which have this name are:*Australia:**National Gallery of Australia, Canberra...
     in London. See:
  • List of Flemish painters
    List of Flemish painters

    This is an incomplete list of Flemish painters, with place and date of birth and death and painting style. It includes painters from not only the area of modern Flanders but from modern Wallonia and elsewhere....
  • Early Netherlandish painting
    Early Netherlandish painting

    Early Netherlandish painting is the work of those painting who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent....


External links

  • A complete bibliography on Rogier van der Weyden and his circle since 1984:
  • The Netherlandish Diptych Unfolded, Exhibition on Netherlandish Diptychs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington including Van der Weyden's diptych of Philippe de Croy.


Currently

  • Exhibition in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt
  • Exhibition in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin