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Mérode Altarpiece, also called The Annunciation Triptych
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Mérode Altarpiece

work by Campin
Also known as: “Annunciation Triptych”
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Mérode Altarpiece, also called The Annunciation Triptych
Mérode Altarpiece, also called The Annunciation Triptych The Mérode Altarpiece, also called The Annunciation Triptych, oil on wood panel from the workshop of Robert Campin, c. 1427–32; at the Met Cloisters, New York City.

The Mérode Altarpiece is a triptych painted by Robert Campin, a pioneering Flemish painter of the early Renaissance. The central panel depicts the Annunciation, where the angel Gabriel announces to Mary her role as the mother of Christ.12

Campin's work is notable for its detailed and realistic representation of contemporary interiors and everyday objects, a departure from the prevailing International Gothic style. The altarpiece features symbolic elements, such as an empty vessel representing Mary's purity and an open cupboard alluding to future mysteries. The painting is divided to represent the divine and human aspects of the event, with Mary depicted in 15th-century bourgeois attire.12

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