大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 10月26日 06時43分

Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a young woman, about 1435–1440.
This is the only drawing that has been firmly attributed to the Flemish master Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400–1464). Its high quality and similarity to his painted portraits form good evidence for this being his work.
The woman’s facial features are drawn in minute detail and are intensely lifelike. The layers of fabric making up her headdress are rendered so realistically that they appear three-dimensional. The pearl pin decorating the veil glistens and is almost tangible. The outline of her right hand which was perhaps to hold a flower is visible at the bottom of the sheet. It is presumably a preliminary study for a lost painted portrait. She is in three-quarter view, the typical pose of many contemporary portraits, (as also depictions of the Madonna), and she was probably placed against a plain background. She is probably not of high social class as her costume is not that of a lady of high rank.
The shading in silverpoint is sophisticated. This medium is difficult to erase and requires great skill; van der Weyden has used cross-hatching to suggest the shadow cast by the head-dress. The edges are crisp and clean, yet the modelling of the face is gentle and tender.
Van der Weyden was the pre-eminent painter in Flanders in the mid-fifteenth century. He had a large workshop and produced a number of masterpieces of religious subjects, notably his Descent from the Cross (Prado, Madrid). He was active at the court of Burgundy and was also patronised by the Flemish merchant classes.
See this work alongside other masterpieces by Leonardo, Raphael, Dürer, Otto Dix and Jasper Johns in our #metalpoint exhibition, until 6 December 2015.
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