In the 1970s, she reimagined the 15th century‌ ‌ “Portrait of a Lady” by Rogier van der Weyden by painting a series of portraits of mostly women of color and mythological and abstract images.

Rogier van der Weyden endows his mom with a look of wistful devotion, as if knowing the personal loss to come.

But the traditions are clearly linked, and the contention here is that the main currents in Dutch 17th-century painting can be found in van der Weyden’s masterpiece.

I often study the expression on the face of Saint Luke in this masterpiece by Rogier van der Weyden at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

Van der Weyden is believed to have painted himself in the guise of Saint Luke.