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Portrait of Jean Gros  1462

by Rogier van der Weyden

Rogier van der Weyden was one of the most influential artists of the fifteenth century. He settled in Brussels, where he was named official city painter in 1436 and maintained a busy workshop. He executed altarpieces and portraits for religious institutions, court functionaries, and the powerful dukes of the Burgundian Netherlands. [br] The coat of arms, motto, and person...
Size: 
painted surface: 14 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (36.5 × 27 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago