VAN DER WEYDEN, ROGIER

Van der Weyden, Rogier: translation

(ca. 1399-1464)

Flemish painter, in his own time considered second only toJan van Eyckamong North-ern European artists. Influenced by both van Eyck andRobert Campin, he produced a large body of brilliantly colored and exquis-itely detailed paintings in a number of genres. His earliest major work,Deposition from the Cross(ca. 1435), is notable for its striking depiction of emotion. In 1450 Rogier made the jubilee pilgrimage toRomeand left behind two paintings that show Italian influence,Vir-gin and Child with Four Saints(also called theMedici Madonna) andFarewell at the Tomb. In general, however, his work after 1450 shows little significant Italian influence. He painted many portraits, among which the most striking arePortrait of Francesco d'Este,Portrait of a Lady, andPhilippe de Croy, the latter paired with the most striking of his treatments of the themeVirgin and Child.