Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (born 1400)

Rogier van der Weyden

Early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399 – 1464)

Rogier van der Weyden, initially known as Roger de la Pasture, was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly successful in his lifetime; his paintings were…