On this Good Friday, we visit this incredibly powerful depiction of the Crucifixion, painted around 1460 by the great artist Rogier van der Weyden. The scene emphasizes Christ’s pain while devoting equal attention to the reactions of the Virgin Mary and Saint John to his torture. Rogier was among the first European artists to portray the psychology of grief and its physical manifestation in tears. The two panels once served as the outer doors of a church altarpiece. The altarpiece remained close

16K views · 129 reactions | Rogier van der Weyden or Roger de la Pasture was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits.#rogiervanderweyden , @ArtpeopleNet, @artpeople_gallery , #artpeoplegallery, #inspire,#art, | Art People Gallery | Facebook

182K views · 2.1K reactions | Rogier van der Weyden - Ritratto di donna (1440) #seiquadripotesseroparlare | Se i quadri potessero parlare | Facebook

8.6K views · 553 reactions | Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400–1464) Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet , circa 1440 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin #mauriciostefanowskyfineartist | Mauricio Stefanowsky Fine Artist | Facebook

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