Who painted “Portrait of a Lady”?

“Portrait of a Lady” was painted by Rogier van der Weyden in 1460. Where to see it: National Gallery of Art.

What to look for

Rogier van der Weyden: intense emotion in sharp, angular folds of drapery, tearful faces and figures arranged like sculpture on a shallow stage.

Rogier van der Weyden (1399 or 1400 – 18 June 1464), initially Roger de la Pasture (French:), was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. Wikipedia

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More by Rogier van der Weyden

“The Descent from the Cross”, 1440s
“Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin”
“Columba Triptych”, 1453
“The Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece)”, 1443
“The Magdalen Reading”, 1445
“The Seven Sacraments”, 1453
“Portrait of a Young woman with a Winged Bonnet”, 1440
“Lamentation of Christ”, 1450