Rogier van der weyden biography of albert

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South-Netherlandish painter, chronologically halfway up the list of mediaeval West-European innovators, ranking between Jan van Eyck and Hugo van der Goes, known as the Flemish primitives.

Rogier van der Weyden was born Rogier de la Pasture in Doornik (Tournai). As far as we know, he entered late into the services of master painter Robert Campin, in , a year after marrying Elizabeth Goffaert.

His career took off quickly after that.

In he established himself as a master in Doornik, rising to the position of Brussels City Painter in From that day on he only worked under his Flemish name. There are clues that he stayed in Bruges between and ; whatever the case, the influence of Van Eyck on his work is clearly felt.

Rogier van der weyden biography of albert

Brussels at the time was a good place to work in as it was quickly developing into a regional center.

In the Holy Year of Van der Weyden traveled to Rome. Along the way he composed several works for the Medici family in Florence.

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