Rogier van der Weyden (1399 or 1400 - 18 June 1464) was an Early Dutch / Flemish painter. His surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs; altarpieces and commissioned single and diptych portraits. Although his life was generally uneventful; he was highly successful and internationally famous in his lifetime. His paintings were exported - or taken - to Italy and Spain; and he received commissions from; amongst others; Philip the Good; Netherlandish nobility and various foreign princes. By the latter half of the 15th century; he had eclipsed Jan van Eyck in popularity. However his fame lasted only until the 17th century; and largely due to changing taste; he was almost totally forgotten by the mid-18th century. His reputation was slowly rebuilt during the following 200 years; today he is known; with Robert Campin and van Eyck; as the third (by birth date) of the three great Early Flemish artists (Vlaams