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Also Known As Rogier de la Pasture
Born 1399 or 1400 • Tournai • Belgium
Died June 18, 1464 • Brussels • Belgium
Movement / Style Early Netherlandish art • Flemish art

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St. Luke Drawing the Virgin, oil on canvas by Rogier van der Weyden; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. 102.5 cm × 108.5 cm.
Rogier van der Weyden: Descent from the Cross
Portrait of a Lady, oil on panel by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 34 × 25.5 cm.
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Portrait of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, also known as Philip the Good, wearing an ornate red robe and elaborate red headdress, painted in oil on panel.
woman wearing a wimple
Rogier van der Weyden: St. Luke Drawing the Virgin
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Oil painting by Jan van Eyck showing a man in dark clothing with a large, elaborate red turban, set against a dark background.
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
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Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
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Anthony van Dyck
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Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
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Hugo van der Goes
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Quentin Massys
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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
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Hans Holbein, the Elder
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Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
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Wolf Huber
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David, Gerard: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
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Crayer, Caspar de: The Descent from the Cross
Caspar de Crayer
Flemish painter
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Bertholet Flémalle
Flemish painter

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