Huntington Lends a Rare van der Weyden
Rogier van der Weyden, Virgin and Child , about 1460. The Huntington Rogier van der Weyden's Virgin and Child is the most important Early Netherlandish painting in Los Angeles. Yet it's often missed by Huntington visitors, more focused on Blue Bo y, corpse lilies, and whatnot. The van der Weyden painting is almost never loaned, but it will make a 30-mile trip to the Getty Center for "The Holy Family at Home" (Sep. 22, 2026–Jan. 10, 2027). The exhibition is built around Gerard David's The Holy Family , acquired by the Getty in 2023. It brings together manuscript illuminations and panel paintings demonstrating the development of the theme in northern Europe. The van der Weyden was featured among international loans in a 2013 show, "Face to Face: Flanders, Florence and Renaissance Painting." That was organized by the Huntington, so the painting didn't leave the campus.
