Rogier van der Weyden's early training and occupation are unknown; in his twenty-seventh year, he entered the workshop of Robert Campin, the dean of the painters' guild of Tournai. Rogier remained Campin's assistant for five years and then became an independent master in the guild. From Campin, Rogier adopted the detailed realism that characterizes his works. At age thirty-six Rogier settled in Br
