the amalfi coast was the setting for campin's annunciation.
the amalfi coast was the setting for campin's annunciation.
what is the setting for campin's annunciation?
the amalfi coast
the mérode altarpiece (or annunciation triptych) 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 (symbolising the purity of mary), and the holy spirit represented by the rays of light coming falling from the left hand window.
mérode altarpiece
jane hayward, a curator at the museum from 1969 who began the museum's second phase of acquisition, describes stained glass as "unquestioningly the preeminent form of gothic medieval monumental painting". she bought c.1500 heraldic windows from the rhineland, now in the campin room with the "mérode altarpiece". hayward's addition in 1980 led to a redesign of the room so that the installed pieces would echo the domestic setting of the altarpiece. she wrote that the campin room is the only gallery in the met "where domestic rather than religious art predominates...a conscious effort has been made to create a fifteenth-century domestic interior similar to the one shown in [campin's] "annunciation" panel." other significant acquisitions include late 13th-century grisaille panels from the château-de-bouvreuil in rouen, glass work from the cathedral of saint-gervais-et-saint-protais at sées, and panels from the acezat collection, now in the heroes tapestry hall.
the cloisters