What Is The Merode Altarpiece?

The first painting is called Merode Altarpiece it is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York standing about two feet tall and four feet wide. It was created in the fifteenth century between the years of 1425-1430’s with oil painting on a wood panel. Oil paint is slow drying paint made when pigments are mixed with oil. It was painted by a Flemish artist named Robert Campin also known as the Master of Flemalle. The second painting, Deposition, was created in 1435-1438 in Museo del Prado, Madrid by artist Rogier van der Weyden. Deposition was also created with an oil painting on a wood panel.
In the Merode Altarpiece painting I see three panels and in the center panel there are Gabriel the archangel and the Virgin Mary who is calmly siting down reading her Bible in her house. Gabriel is about to tell Mary something because he has his hand rose up waiting to greet her. Gabriel is
The first difference I see is the size the Merode altarpiece is much smaller than the life sized Deposition painting. They tell different stories in this piece. I suppose another difference would be the expressions. In the Deposition they are all sad but in the Merode Altarpiece they show different emotions. The settings of the paintings are different one is kind of light and the other is dark. The color of their skin is also a bit darker in the Deposition painting. Both paintings are similar because for starters Rogier van der Weyden was Robert Campins apprentice. They were created in the fifteenth century during the Renaissance movement and in the paintings they both are using Flemish oil paint. Also they have a way of representing and making their art come to life. Merode Altarpiece and Deposition is religious art works. With it being religious both paintings have a lot of symbolism with the characters in the painting. What I first noticed is they use the same colors to bring out the realism and brightness in their