JEWEL OF THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
A NOBLEWOMAN AT COURT
Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The virtue of her looks
Excels the precious stone;
Ye need none other book
To read, or look upon.
John Heywood, A Description of a Most Noble Lady
In what is modern Belgium, Rogier van Weyden (1399/1400-1464), Jan van Eyck, and Hugo van der Goes, among others, were pioneers of the oil technique, allowing them to execute their works of art with a preciseness and authenticity new to the world of art. English poet John Heywood (c. 1497-1580) once worked at the courts of the Tudor monarchs, including Henry VIII, Edward VI as well as Queens Mary and Elizabeth.
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