Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 592 p. : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 32 cm. Notes; Decorated endpapers. This book is published to accompany the exhibition "Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464) master of passions" held at the Leuven Museum, Belgium from Sept. 20-Dec. 6, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-[588]). Contents; Overture. De Rugerio pictore -- Of Roger the painter / Jan Van der Stock ; From Tournai to Brussels -- From Hainaut to Brabant / Wim Blockmans -- The new pictorial language of Roger van der Weyden / Lorne Campbell -- Rogier van der Weyden before 1435. -- The Tournai roots of a master of pathos / Dominique Vanwijnsberghe -- Sculptors and painters in the early Netherlands around 1400 / Hans Nieuwdorp . [et al.] -- The world of Rogier van der Weyden. The workshop of Rogier van der Weyden / Lorne Campbell -- Dress and reality in Rogier van der Weyden / Margaret Scott -- With pen and silverpoint / Stephanie Buck -- Painting, a distinct profession / Cathey Metzger and Griet Steyaert -- A closer look at Rogier van der Weyden's presentation miniature (1447-1448) / Lieve Watteeuw -- Rogier van der Weyden in context. Original, copy and influence, a complex issue / Hélène Mund -- Rogier van der Weyden's legacy to panel painting / Catheline Périer-D'Ieteren -- A passion for carving : the sculptor in Rogier van der Weyden / Bart Fransen -- Rogier van der Weyden and tapestry / Lorne Campbell. Subjects; Weyden, Rogier van der 1399 or 1400-1464 ; Exhibitions. Weyden, Rogier van der 1399 or 1400-1464 Criticism and interpretation. Weyden, Rogier van der 1399 or 1400-1464 Influence ; Exhibitions. Art, Netherlandish 15th century History and criticism. Painting, Dutch. 1400s. Fifteenth century. Portraits. Portraiture. Religious art and symbolism. Emotions in art. Triptychs. Painting, Flemish 15th century ; Exhibitions. 1 Kg.