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 Virgin with the Blessing Child
c. 1440-50 School of Rogier van der Weyden (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam) |
 Williamstown  Minneapolis
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 Lille  Bruges
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| In the late fifteenth century it was not uncommon for a master artist to employ several assistants to work with him in his workshop. Painters in workshops often had collections of drawings that they could use when developing the composition of a painting. These drawings could be replicated by a making a grid and copying the composition within each square onto the larger panel. | ||||||||
  
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