Brief Biography-Rogier van der Weyden was born in Tournai, Belgium. In 1427, he was apprenticed to Robert Campin alongside Jacques Daret and was known there as Rogier de la Pasture. His father was Henry de la Pasture, a cutler. Campin was said to be the elusive Master of Flémalle who painted panels in Frankfurt. Rogier became the Master of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1432. Three years later, he moved to Brussels, where he did most of his life’s work. His name changed from the French version to Rogier van der Weyden; the city elected him Painter-in-Ordinary to the municipality c. 1436.
Jan van Eyck's direct influence over Van der Weyden is in dispute; Giorgio Vasari states that his master Robert Campin seemingly was tutored in the same atelier as Van Eyck.
In 1449, he went to Italy, visiting several cities. Lionel d’Este of Ferrara and the Medici of Florence commissioned many paintings from him. Van der Weyden was highly successful in Brussels and beyond; in Beaune, he painted the Last Judgement, one of his most noted works. In addition, he became a benefactor of the Charterhouses of Scheut and Hérinnes. His two sons, Cornelius and Peter, a grandson Goswijn and a great-grandson Rogier, also became painters but not with the same success as Rogier.