# Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)

**Rogier van der Weyden** (Netherlandish, c. 1399–1464)  
1460–64  
Oil on panel  
38.5 × 28.8 cm (15 3/16 × 11 3/8 in.); Reverse: 39 × 28.8 cm (15 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.); Framed: 43.2 × 35.6 × 7.7 cm (17 × 14 × 3 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1051. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16298).

## About this work

This portrait was once part of a diptych. The sitter—identifiable through his coat of arms, personal motto, and initials on the panel's back—is Jean Gros, an administrator to the future duke of Burgundy. His prayerful gaze was originally directed at the other panel depicting Mary and the infant Jesus. Rogier van der Weyden created similar diptychs for the Burgundian court's highest level of patrons.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

Rogier van der Weyden painted this in 1460–64, aged about 61. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

Painted dark colored portrait of man, hands in prayer.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Rogier van der Weyden](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/rogier-van-der-weyden)

Netherlandish, c. 1399–1464; born in Tournai; died in Brussels

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Flanders
- The artist was about 61
- Real size: about 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 15th century
- Subjects: portraits: male subject, portrait, prayer, jewelry, man, coat of arms, tower, shields
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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