Rogier van der Weyden

Rogier van der Weyden, Rogier de la Pasture formerly (* 1399/1400 in Tournai in the then French province Cambrésis, † June 18, 1464 in Brussels ) was a Dutch painter. He was a contemporary of the mighty princes of Europe of Philip the Good and was regarded during his lifetime as one of the greatest painters of the Netherlands.

Life

Rogier was the son of a cutler Henry de la Pasture. About his childhood and youth until now little known. His artistic training, which began with at least four years teaching usually aged 12 to 14 years old, is in the dark. No later than 1427, he married Elizabeth ( Lysebette ) Goffaert from Brussels, the daughter of the shoemaker and his wife January Goffaert Cathelyne van Stockem. With her he had, inter alia, two sons, who were also artists: Jan van der Weyden ( goldsmith ) and Peter van der Weyden (painter). The painter Goossen van der Weyden was his grandson. Even as a fully-trained painter, he resigned on March 5, 1427 at the Master Robert Campin in the workshop one, in which Jacques Daret worked. With effect from August 1, 1432 Rogier was admitted as a free- spoken master in the painters' guild in Tournai.

Soon after, Rogier was in Brussels as a painter down in the city from which came his wife. In Brussels, he transferred his French name " de la Pasture " the Flemish- Dutch " van der Weyden ". Rogier had a considerable fortune and was famous and appreciated in his lifetime.

In the years 1435 or 1436 Rogier was appointed painter to the town of Brussels. 1450 Rogier took a trip to Rome, where he was inter alia praised by the humanist Cyriacus and John Facius as "the best painter in the north next Jan Van Eyck ." In 1439 he created the images for justice, the Brussels Town Hall. They are the only signed work Rogiers, which have been handed down, but only in a copy as wall hangings. In the years 1460-1461 the Italian painter Zanetto Bugatto was his pupil.

At the age of 65 years died Rogier van der Weyden on June 18, 1464 in Brussels. He was buried in the Cathedral of Saint Gudule in Brussels.

Work

With the works of Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden its employees a new era of painting, which is characterized by realistic detail descriptions begins. Since in many cases the images are of a religious nature, in which saints are represented, the realistic representation brings the "Sacred to the house " and allows the viewer a new immediacy in access. In addition, among Rogier's works, some of the earliest portraits of European painting. Only one signed works by Rogier is obtained, and this only in one copy as a tapestry ( Bern Historical Museum ): the righteousness of images of the Brussels Town Hall, which he with " Rogerius Sweidanus civis pinxit 1439 " signed ( Roger von Weyden, citizens, has painted it in 1439 ). Further works are referred to by ancient tradition as works by Rogier. The delineation of his early work from the works of the so-called Master of Flémalle, which is probably identical with Robert Campin, is still controversial. Parts of his last orders may have been completed by the name not yet known champion of Ambierle.

Van der Weyden painted, as far as known, the first tears in the History of Art ( Cross to 1435-1440 )

Works (selection)

  • 1440: " Kreuzigungstriptychon. " Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.
  • To 1435-1440: " Descent from the Cross. " Madrid, Museo del Prado.
  • To 1435-1440: "St. Luke Madonna " or " Saint Luke portrays the Madonna. " Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Copy in Munich, Alte Pinakothek.
  • 1445: " Altar of the Seven Sacraments ", middle: Crucifixion in a church, tempera on wood. Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts.
  • To 1445-1448 " Bladelin altar ", Triptych with the Nativity. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie.
  • Around 1450: " Medici Madonna ," Mary with the Child and Saints Peter, John, Cosmas and Damian. Tempera on wood. Frankfurt am Main, Städel.
  • In 1450: " The Entombment. " Oil on wood. Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi.
  • Around 1450: " Last Judgment. " Beaune, Hôtel- Dieu.
  • Around 1450: " Miraflores Altar. " Berlin, Gemäldegalerie.
  • 1452: " Mary Magdalene " right wing of the Braque altar, oil on wood. Paris, Musée du Louvre
  • 1455: " Columba Altar " or " The Adoration of the Magi. " Munich, Alte Pinakothek.
  • Around 1460: "John Altar" or Berlin, Gemäldegalerie " John board. ".
  • Around 1460, "Mary with the child. " Berlin, Gemäldegalerie.

Pictures

Nicolas Rolin, the principal of the latest court (detail)

Virgin and Child, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Pietà, Museo del Prado

Archangel Michael weighs the Risen

Saint Luke painting the Madonna

Hieronymus Cock Burgundian Netherlands Goswin van der Weyden Zanetto Bugatti The Descent from the Cross (van der Weyden) Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin Miraflores Altarpiece Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Erwin Panofsky Zeno.org Integrated Authority File
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