Pay attention to how different this style is from the famous “Descent from the Cross” written a decade earlier. Note, however, that in “Drinking” and “Taking off the Cross” the

Even during the life of Rogier van der Weyden, his work became widely known in Italy. Among his customers there were many noble and wealthy Italians. According to some reports,

Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden wrote “Triptych of the Family of Marriage” after a trip to Italy. On the right wing, Mary Magdalene is depicted as a completely earthly

Read Mary Magdalene [1435] Painting Reading Mary Magdalene, dating from 1435, can be conditionally considered an “Italian” experience of the painter. Mary Magdalene in a greenish dress sits, leaning against

On the left wing of this wonderfully elegantly executed triptych is the moment of the birth of John the Baptist. In the foreground, the viewer sees the Mother of God