Portrait of Jean Froimont. Verso: Saint Lawrence

Dating to 1448, the portrait demonstrates the portrait tradition that Rogier van der Weyden helped define. Painted in the early fifteenth century, a transformative period in European art, the work balances individual likeness with the idealized presentation expected by fifteenth-century patrons Rogier van der Weyden combined exquisite emotional intensity with compositional clarity, making him the most influential Flemish painter of the mid-fifteenth century.

Oil on canvas, the portrait demonstrates Rogier van der Weyden's command of skilled technique and careful observation. The careful modeling of the face reveals close study of the sitter's physiognomy, while the treatment of costume and setting projects appropriate social standing.