Robert Campin
This painting along with the " Virgin and Child Enthroned" are generally cited as the earliest known works by van der Weyden. Art historian Erwin Panofsky suggested he produced them while still in the workshop of Robert Campin. John Ward of the University of Florida suggests he executed the "Madonna Standing" after leaving Campin's studio to travel to Ghent where he likely saw Jan van Eyck's newly completed "Ghent Altarpiece" which is signed and dated May 6, 1432.