Merode Altarpiece. The Mérode Altarpiece is an oil on oak panel triptych, now in The Cloisters, in New York City.
It is unsigned and undated, but attributed to Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin and an assistant. The three panels represent, from left to right, the donors kneeling in prayer in a garden, the moment of the Annunciation to Mary, which is set in a contemporary, domestic setting, and Saint Joseph, a carpenter with the tools of his trade.
The many elements of religious symbolism include the lily and fountain, and the Holy Spirit represented by the rays of light coming falling from the left hand window. The central panel was completed after 1422, likely between 1425 and 1428, it is thought by a member of Campin's workshop.
An earlier version, now in Brussels, may be Campin's original panel. The outer wing panels are later additions by a workshop member, probably on request by the donor who sought to elevate the central panel to a triptych and place himself in the pictorial space.
They contain views of the city of Liège, in today's Belgium. The triptych is a founding and important work in the then emerging late Gothic, Early Netherlandish style, and has been described as a milestone between two periods; it at once summarizes the medieval tradition and lays the foundation for the development of modern painting. The attribution of the New York triptych has been the subject of wide sc
It is unsigned and undated, but attributed to Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin and an assistant. The three panels represent, from left to right, the donors kneeling in prayer in a garden, the moment of the Annunciation to Mary, which is set in a contemporary, domestic setting, and Saint Joseph, a carpenter with the tools of his trade.
The many elements of religious symbolism include the lily and fountain, and the Holy Spirit represented by the rays of light coming falling from the left hand window. The central panel was completed after 1422, likely between 1425 and 1428, it is thought by a member of Campin's workshop.
An earlier version, now in Brussels, may be Campin's original panel. The outer wing panels are later additions by a workshop member, probably on request by the donor who sought to elevate the central panel to a triptych and place himself in the pictorial space.
They contain views of the city of Liège, in today's Belgium. The triptych is a founding and important work in the then emerging late Gothic, Early Netherlandish style, and has been described as a milestone between two periods; it at once summarizes the medieval tradition and lays the foundation for the development of modern painting. The attribution of the New York triptych has been the subject of wide sc
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