Merode Triptych Analysis

The two paintings—Merode Triptych by Robert Campin and Annunciation by Fra Angelico, were completed in the 1400’s. Campin’s painting around 1425-1430 in Tournai, Belgium, and Angelico’s painting around 1440-1445 in Florence. The context of both paintings is similar: the painting itself relates to the outside world in which it was originally placed. In Merode Triptych, the setting is in a domestic interior, resembling a house. The painting itself was most likely placed in the house of a wealthy merchant family, thus connecting the setting of the painting and the outside setting. Campin broke tradition with his domestic setting; annunciation paintings are usually set in “ecclesiastical buildings.” Angelico kept with this tradition. The setting