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Miraflores Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden, 1443
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Miraflores Altarpiece

Rogier van der Weyden · 1443

Why it's great

Three small scenes show the life of Mary: her son appearing to her, the Lamentation of Christ and more. Rogier van der Weyden painted this triptych in about 1443, and it was once given to a monastery in Spain.

Where to see it

📍 Gemäldegalerie BerlinBezirk Mitte, Germany

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About the artist

Rogier van der Weyden

1390–1464 · born in Tournai · died in Brussels

Rogier van der Weyden was a Flemish painter born in Tournai in about 1399. He worked in Brussels and became one of the most admired painters of Northern Europe for pictures that show deep feeling and realistic tears. He died in 1464.

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