Robert Campin now usually identified with the Master of Flémalle, was a master painter who, along with Jan van Eyck, initiated the development of early Netherlandish painting, a key development in the
Portrait of a Man, c. 1435. 40.7cm x 28.1cm. National Gallery
Portrait of a Woman, c. 1435. 40.6cm x 28.1cm. National Gallery
The Seilern Triptych, c. 1425. One of two of Campin's surviving triptychs. As an early work, it is highly innovative, especially in its application of oils, but less accomplished and successful (note the flat perspective) than his more mature panels.
The Mérode Altarpiece, attributed to the Master of Flémalle or workshop, c. 1425–1428.
He was active in Tournai from 1428 to 1440 and was possibly from Valenciennes. He was probably born in the 1410s as he was paid in 1428 for carving a life-size stone Annunciation group after a paintin
Angel Gabriel installed in the Church of Saint Quentin in Tournai