#RogierVanDerWeyden

Jonathan Emmesedijemmesedi@c.im
2025-11-15

Pietà -- Probably by the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden -- c.1465 -- National Gallery, London
-- creativecommons.org/licenses/b

This picture is not on display at the moment, but I remember seeing it decades ago and its lodging in my memory as an image of late medieval devotion.

In the grand scheme of art history, this particular painting is not of great significance, yet its place in my memory shows how even a minor work can play a major role in the development of an individual's understanding and sensibilities.

More on the picture here: nationalgallery.org.uk/paintin

#Art #Painting #RogierVanDerWeyden #Pieta #NorthernRenaissance #EarlyNetherlandish

The weeping Virgin Mary embraces Christ’s bodythat has been  taken down from the Cross. 

On the left of the picture is Saint Jerome with the lion that was his companion. On the right, a saint wearing the black and white robes of the Dominican Order could be Dominic, but he has no identifying emblem. The donor wears a black garment trimmed with brown fur. The object behind his head is a purple hat, and he wear pattens (wooden overshoes). He is possibly Girolamo Vento, a Genoese merchant living in Bruges in 1469–70.
2025-01-29

Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, 1399 - 1464)
Descent from the Cross (Ca-1435)
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
#rogiervanderweyden #artinfinitus #thebestofartinfinitus

2023-02-03

Rogier van der Weyden, The Holy Family with Saint Paul and a Donor #rogiervanderweyden #themet metmuseum.org/art/collection/s

2022-12-27

Rogier van der Weyden, Francesco d'Este (born about 1429, died after July 20, 1486), ca. 1460 #rogiervanderweyden #europeanart metmuseum.org/art/collection/s

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