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The Descent from the Cross is an oil-on-panel painting made by Rogier van der Weyden around 1435, probably for the crossbowmen's guild in Leuven, and now held by the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Christ's curved body is echoed by the collapsing Virgin, while the mourners are compressed into a shallow,...
The Beaune Last Judgment Altarpiece is a large polyptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1445 to 1450 for the Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune, Burgundy. Commissioned by the hospital's founder, Nicolas Rolin, and his wife, Guigone de Salins, it depicts Christ judging humanity as Saint Michael weighs res...
The Seven Sacraments Altarpiece is an oil on panel triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1445 to 1450. A monumental Crucifixion dominates the central church interior, while smaller groups enact baptism, confirmation, penance, the Eucharist, ordination, marriage, and anointing of the sick...
The Columba Altarpiece is an oil on panel triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1455 for the Church of St. Columba in Cologne. Its central panel depicts the Adoration of the Magi, flanked by the Annunciation and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Rogier places the sacred episodes w...
The Bladelin Triptych is an Early Netherlandish altarpiece painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1452-1455, probably for Pieter Bladelin, a prominent official at the Burgundian court. Its central panel depicts the Nativity with the donor kneeling outside the stable, while the wings show visions of...
The Braque Triptych is a small Early Netherlandish devotional altarpiece painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1452 and associated with Jehan Braque and his wife, Catherine de Brabant. When opened, it presents Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin, Christ, Saint John the Evangelist, and Mary Magdalen...
Rogier van der Weyden's Crucifixion Diptych (c. 1460), in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is distinguished by its striking red and white grounds and the intensely expressive grief of the mourning figures.
The Annunciation Triptych in the Louvre is an early Netherlandish altarpiece associated with Rogier van der Weyden and his workshop, dating from the 1430s. Its central panel places the Annunciation in a carefully furnished domestic interior, where the angel Gabriel approaches the Virgin as she reads...
The Triptych of the Crucifixion in Vienna is an oil-on-panel work associated with Rogier van der Weyden and dated to the fifteenth century. It presents the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary, Saint John, and other sacred figures arranged across hinged panels for concentrated devotional viewing. N...
