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.


	Beaune Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, partly transferred to canvas Beaune, Musee Hotel-Dieu


	Braque Triptych Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, 41 x 68 cm (central panel), 41 x 34 cm (wings, each) Paris, Musee du Louvre


	Crucifixion Attributed to Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, 77 x 47 cm Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Gemaldegalerie


	Lamentation of Christ Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, 32.5 x 47 cm Brussels, Musees Royeaux des Beaux-Arts Belguique


	Man Reading Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, 45 x 35 cm London, National Gallery


	Saint Jerome Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1450 Oil on panel, 31 x 25 cm Detroit, Institute of Arts


	Virgin with the Child Giving his Blessing Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1450-1455 Metalpoint on white grounded paper, cut along the figure and mounted on a pink-coloured sheet, 21.6 x 13.3 cm Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen


	Madonna Rogier van der Weyden about 1450-1460 Oil on panel, 36 x 27 cm Tournai, Musees des Beaux-Arts


	Portrait of Jean de Gros Rogier van der Weyden about 1450-1460 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 28.6 cm Chichago, Art Institute of Chichago


	Sforza Triptych Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1450-1460 Oil on panel; 53.7 x 44.8 cm (central panel), 53.7 x 19 cm (side panels, each) Brussels, Musees Royeaux des Beaux-Arts Belguique


	Diptych of Jeanne of France Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1452-1470 Oil on panel, each wing 39 x 27 cm Chantilly, Musee Conde


	Colomba Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden about 1455 Oil on panel; 138 x 153 cm (central panel), 138 x 70 cm (wings, each) Munich, Alte Pinakothek


	Miraflores Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden about 1455-1460 Oil on panel, 77 x 48 cm Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz


	Portrait of a Man Rogier van der Weyden about 1455-1460 Oil on panel, 32 x 22.8 cm Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza


	Saint John Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden 1455-1460 Oil on panel, 77 x 48 cm (each panel) Berlin, Staatliche Museen


	Crucifixion Rogier van der Weyden about 1460 Oil on panel, 325 x 192 cm Escorial, Monastery of San Lorenzo


	Entombment of Christ Rogier van der Weyden about 1460 Oil on panel, 110 x 96 cm Florence, Galeria degli Uffizi


	Group of Men Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden about 1460 Oil on panel, 50.1 x 31.7 cm Brussels, Musees Royeaux des Beaux-Arts Belguique


	Madonna Rogier van der Weyden about 1460 Oil on panel, 49 x 31 cm California, San Marino, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery


	Medici Madonna Rogier van der Weyden about 1460 Oil on panel, 61.7 x 46.1 cm Frankfurt am Main, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut

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