Weyden, Rogier van der

(Tournai, 1399/1400 - Brussels, 1464)
Netherlandish

Rogier van der Weyden was, according to the register of painters’ guild, a student of Robert Campin between 1427 and 1432. It is interesting that he already use the title maistre in 1426, before he started his apprenticeship in Campin’s workshop. The title, which indicated the free master painter, can not be used before the completion of the study: “There has been considerable debate about the documents recording that one ‘Maestre Rogier de la Pasture’ received a gift of wine from the city of Tournai on 17 November 1426. The gift may have been made to mark Rogier’s marriage around the same time to Elisabeth Goffaert from Brussels.” (Felix Thurleman, Robert Campin, A monographic study with a critical catalogue, Prestel) He also got paid independently for some paintings as early as 1427/28 when he was still at Campin.

After he left Campin’s workshop he created many works which refer explicitly to the works by Jan van Eyck. Because of this and Vasari’s writings, many scholars suppose that Rogier was a student of Jan van Eyck, but there are no surviving documents about it.


	Annunciation Triptych Rogier van der Weyden about 1430 Oil on panel; 86 x 92 cm (central panel), 87 x 36.5 cm (side panels, each) Paris, Musee du Louvre (central panel) & Turin, Galeria Sabauda (side panels)


	Madonna Rogier van der Weyden about 1430-1432 Oil on panel, 18.9 x 12.1 cm Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemaldegalerie


	Werl Altarpiece: Donor and St John the Baptist Rogier van der Weyden about 1434-1438 Oil on panel, 101 x 47 cm Madrid, Museo del Prado


	Werl Altarpiece: St Barbara Rogier van der Weyden about 1434-1438 Oil on panel, 101 x 47 cm Madrid, Museo del Prado


	St Luke Drawing a Portrait of Virgin Mary Rogier van der Weyden about 1434-1440 Oil on panel, 137.5 x 111 cm Boston, Museum of Fine Arts


	Visitation of Mary Rogier van der Weyden about 1435 Tempera on panel, 57.5 x 36.2 cm Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Kunste


	Dream of Pope Sergius Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1437-1440 Oil on panel, 89 x 80 cm Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum


	Exhumation of St Hubert Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1437-1440 Oil on panel, 88 x 81 cm London, National Gallery


	Magdalene Reading Rogier van der Weyden 1438 Oil on panel transferred to another panel, 62.2 x 54.4 cm London, National Gallery


	Madonna in Red Rogier van der Weyden about 1440 Oil on panel, 100 x 52 cm Madrid, Museo del Prado


	Saint Catherine of Alexandria Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1440 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 12 cm Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum


	Saints Margaret and Apollonia Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1440-1445 Oil on panel, 51.5 x 27.5 cm Berlin, Gemaldegalerie


	Portrait of a Man Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1440-1450 Oil on panel, 33.7 x 23.5 cm London, Courtauld Gallery


	Abegg Triptych Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1445 Oil on panel; 102 x 70.5 cm (central panel), 103 x 31 cm (each wing) Riggisberg, Abegg-Stiftung


	Crucifixion Triptych Rogier van der Weyden about 1445 Oil on panel; 196 x 69 cm (central panel), 196 x 27 cm (wings, each) Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum


	Lady Wearing a Gauze Headdress Rogier van der Weyden about 1445 Oil on panel, 47 x 32 cm Berlin, Staatliche Museen


	Saint Catherine Rogier van der Weyden about 1445 Oil on panel, 21.7 x 18.6 cm Lisbon, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian


	Saint Joseph Rogier van der Weyden about 1445 Oil on panel, 21 x 18.3 cm Lisbon, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian


	Middelburg Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden about 1445-1448 Oil on panel; 91 x 89 cm (centre panel), 91 x 40 cm (wings, each) Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz


	Seven Sacraments Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden about 1445-1450 Oil on panel, 200 x 97 cm (central panel), 119 x 63 cm (wings, each) Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten

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