Portrait of a Lady
Rogier van der Weyden · 1460
Why it's great
A young woman with a thin face and a veil looks off to the side with her hands folded. Rogier van der Weyden painted it in about 1460, and her elegant, gentle look made it famous.
Where to see it
📍 National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C., United States
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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.
