Category: Art

A Woman (c.1435)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Woman c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.6 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a woman forms a pair with Campin’s portrait A Man: the sitters were clearly married. We don’t know…

Robert Campin

(c.1378–1444) The artist’s works: John the Baptist c.1410 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Annunciation 1420–1425 Museo del Prado, Madrid The Betrothal of the Virgin 1420–1430 Museo del Prado, Madrid Portrait of a Stout Man c.1425 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid God the Father enthroned 1430s…

Rogier van der Weyden

(c.1399–1464) Rogier van der Weyden or Roger de la Pasture The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man with an Open Book 1430s Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Virgin and Child enthroned c.1433 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid…

A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…

Virgin and Child (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…

Hans Memling

(c.1430–1494) The artist’s works: Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Saint Mary Magdalene 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris The Flight into Egypt 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Chalice of Saint John the…