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, Madrid]] Rog(i)er van der Weyden, also known as Roger de la Pasture or Rogier de Bruxelles, ( 1399 / 1400 - June 18 , 1464 ) was, on the par with Jan Van Eyck , the greatest Flemish and Northern European Painter of the 15th Century . LIFE Roger was born at Tournai , where in 1427 he entered the studio of Robert Campin , previously known as the Master of Flémalle. He established himself in Brussels about 1435 . He was in Italy in 1440 - 1450 ; but his visit shows no result on his style, which owes nothing to Italian models. He then returned to Brussels, where he died. WORKS His vigorous, subtle, expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on the art of Flanders and Germany . His great family portrait in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence had an important influence on the spread of Oil Painting into Italy in the late 15th century. He did not study with Jan Van Eyck , his older colleague, who perfected the art of oil painting during Roger's lifetime. His style differs from van Eyck's in its direct appeal to emotion and the sometimes highly dramatic composition; but his handling of paint is akin to van Eyck in its lucid, gemlike perfection. Unlike other Flemish masters, Roger used little underdrawing for his oil paintings, only blocking out the positions of the major elements in the composition. Hans Memling was his greatest pupil. His principal paintings were:
Some of these latter works and others are only doubtfully attributed to the master. The ''Crucifixion'' in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, assigned either to him or to Memling, and containing portraits of the Sforza s, probably represents Roger van der Weyden in some of the principal figures at least, though Memling may have completed the picture. There was a younger Roger van der Weyden (c. 1450 - 1529 ), to whom a brilliant ''Mary Magdalene'' in the National Gallery is attributed. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK REFERENCES |