WEYDEN, Rogier van der
(b. 1400, Tournai, d. 1464, Bruxelles)

Portrait Diptych of Philippe de Croy (reverse side)

c. 1460
Oil on oak panel, 49 x 30 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Philippe de Croy's coat of arms surmounted by a helmet is framed, above, by the name of the subject of the portrait, and below by his title "Seigneur de Sempy." He bore this title from around 1452, but resigned it again in 1461. The painting must therefore have been done within that period. On the left, a vertical board in the panel has been renovated.