_Robert Campin_ (Early Flemish: died 1444).
Campin, a native of Hainault, settled at Tournai in about
the year 1406, and quickly made a reputation, becoming
painter-in-ordinary to the town. Between 1423 and 1428 there
are records showing that he filled several offices in the
Painters' Guild and amassed a considerable fortune. He had
several apprentices; among them, Roger Van der Weyden (see
711), who was with him from 1426 to 1432. He made many designs
for tapestry and seems to have been charged with the designing
of all municipal art work in whatever kind (W. H. Weale, in the
_Burlington Magazine_, vol. xi.).