Annunciation Triptych Mérode Altarpiece Annunciation Triptych In the notes on each slide I put you guys names for the presentation. Let me know what you think!! And if someone could fill in the blanks on the Cue Card Info Pages thatd be awesome!!
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece (open), ca Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece (open), ca. 1425-1428. Oil on wood,center panel 2’ 1.375’’ X 2’ 1.875’’, each wing 2’ 1.375’’ X 10 1.875’’. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dakota
Cue Card Information N: Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Altarpiece) D: ca. 1425-1428 P: Netherlandish A: Robert Campin Pa: Peter Inghelbrecht and Margarete Scrynmaker L: South Netherlands (Flanders) Metropolitan, New York Dakota
Cue Card Information (Cont.) M/T: Oil on Wood F: object of private devotion; depicts the Virgin’s miraculous pregnancy C: a hallmark of Early Netherlandish style, using illusionistic effects and careful details to show a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface DT:very detailed, depth, symbolic Dakota
The Setting In a domestic setting Specific to the period Before this period, the Annunciation was depicted in a church and now is being depicted in a middle-class household. Dakota
Left Wing Robert Campin depicts his patrons in the left wing of the artwork. The male is Peter Inghelbrecht. The last name Inghelbrecht means “angel bringer”. The other patron was Inghelbrecht’s wife, Margarete Scrynmakers. Scrynmakers means “cabinet- or shrine-makers”. Vivian
Patron’s Influence The patron’s during this time had a very big influence of the artist’s. Because of the meaning of the two patron’s last names, the probably urged the artist, Campin, to choose this subject to paint. Vivian
Left Wing (Cont.) The garden represents the Virgin Mary’s purity. The flowers specifically symbolize Mary’s virtues, especially humility. Vivian
Mary’s husband, Joseph, is depicted in the right wing The city scape is depicted through the window secured the said location, Flanders. Mary’s husband, Joseph, is depicted in the right wing Harjap
Right Wing The ax, saw, wood and rod allude to Isaiah 10:15 of the Bible. “Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!” Harjap
Right Wing Joseph is seen constructing a mousetrap and is believed to be completely unaware of the activities in the center section. Traps are symbolic in Christianity as the trap itself symbolizes the world, the bait symbolizes Christ and the trap is set to catch the devil. There is also a mousetrap placed directly outside the window. Mousetrap = World Bait = Christ Mouse/Rat = The Devil Harjap
The Angel Gabriel has come to announce Mary’s miraculous pregnancy Middle Section The Angel Gabriel has come to announce Mary’s miraculous pregnancy Virgin Mary Tahlese
The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is shown coming through one of the left hand windows carrying a cross to impregnate the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ. Tahlese
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS COMING TOGETHER FIRE SCREEN = PURITY TOWELS = PURITY BOOKS = THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS COMING TOGETHER COPPER BASIN = PURITY LILIES = MARY’S VIRGINITY BENCH = THRONE OF SOLOMON or SEAT OF WISDOM Tahlese
SYMBOLIZES THE MOMENT WHEN JESUS TAKES HUMAN FORM Middle Section EXTINGUISHED CANDLE SYMBOLIZES THE MOMENT WHEN JESUS TAKES HUMAN FORM Tahlese
Middle Section The table in the artwork is not round! It has sixteen sides which are said to represent the 16 prophets. Tahlese