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Rogier van der Weyden · 1441
Why it's great
Mary holds her dead son's body and weeps, with Mary Magdalene beside her. Rogier van der Weyden painted this sad, quiet scene in about 1441, and many people say it is one of the most moving pictures of the 1400s.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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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.
