Robert Campin - The Annunciation triptych

• Title: The Annunciation triptych (Triptyque de l'Annonciation)
• Artist: Robert Campin (c.1375-1444)
• Date: 1427
• Medium: Oil on oak panel triptych
• Dimensions: 65 x 118 cm

The triptych is a founding work in the Early Netherlandish style. The central panel represents the Annunciation. The painting is set in a Northern European, Flemish bourgeois house’s living room with so many details of the life of then- the two chimneys, the copper pot, the long bench, etc.The iconography contains complex religious symbolism including many symbols of Mary’s virginity- the lilies, the white towel, the small windows on the side and the half-closed windows at the rear. The breakthroughs include an attempt at linear perspective, the work on the draperies, the work on great details, like the vase and the bougeoir, and the delicate faces.