The Mérode Altarpiece is an oil on oak panel triptych attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin and an assistant, unsigned and undated, now held at The Cloisters in New York. Its three panels show the donors kneeling in prayer in a garden, the Annunciation to Mary set in a contemporary domestic room, and Saint Joseph at work as a carpenter with the tools of his trade. The painting carries rich religious symbolism, including a lily and a fountain, and the Holy Spirit represented by rays of light entering through the central panel window. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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LocationThe Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Mérode Altarpiece (Wikipedia)
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The Merode Altarpiece (or Annunciation Triptych) is an oil on oak panel triptych, now in The Cloisters in New York
Provenance
has been in the collection of the Cloisters, New York, since 1956
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The Mérode Altarpiece is an oil on oak panel triptych attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin and an assistant, unsigned and undated, now held at The Cloisters in New York.
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