Roger Van der Weyden (1399 – 1464) an early Flemish artist was highly successful in his lifetime. You probably know his religious triptychs the best, for example one of van Der Weyden’s greatest works, Descent from the Cross can be seen in the Prado museum in Madrid. A lot of his work, unfortunately has been lost and since he didn’t sign his paintings, art historians are still tyring to definitively find out which works are his.
Rogier van Der Weyden worked for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy as well as for other foreign princes such as the Medici’s in Florence. His early career is unknown but we do know that when he was 27 Van der Weyden worked at the workshop of Robert Campin, the dean of the Painters guild in Tournai. In 1435 he established himself as City Painter of Brussels, a good place to work in as it was fast developing into a regional centre.
Rogier van der Weyden, A Portrait of a Lady by Fabulous Masterpieces
Above is our fine art reproduction of Rogier Van der Weyden’s A Portrait of a Lady that we hand-painted for a customer. All of our reproduction oil paintings are hand-painted using Winsor & Newton oils onto a high grade duck cotton canvas. The time frame, depending on the complexity of the painting is usually between 4 -6 weeks from commissioning the painting to you receiving it.
Van der Weyden’s original Portrait of a Lady, was painted c.1460 on panel and is currently situated in The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Van der Weyden was preoccupied with portraiture towards the end of his life and like Van Eyck used dark backgrounds to focus the attention on the sitter. Van der Weyden reduces the viewer’s focus to four basic features: the woman’s headdress, dress, face and hands, her high headdress and severe hairline accentuate her elongated face, giving it a sculpted appearance.
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