Rogier van der Weyden
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Rog(i)er van der Weyden, also known as Rogier de le Pasture or Rogier de Bruxelles, (1399/1400 – June 18, 1464) is, on a par with Jan van Eyck, considered one of the greatest Flemish and Early Netherlandish painters of the 15th century.
Influence
His vigorous, subtle, expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on European painting, not only in France and Germany but also in Italy and in Spain. Hans Memling was his greatest follower, although it is not proven that he was a direct pupil of Rogier. Van der Weyden had also great influence on the German painter and engraver Martin Schongauer whose prints were distributed all over Europe since the last decades of the 15th century. Indirectly Schongauer's prints helped to disseminate Van der Weyden's style.
