The first oil based triptych
Robert Campin was commissioned to draw the Merode Altarpiece for private use.
The use of oil paint
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A focus on daily life. ( apex )
In Flanders: Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden. In Italy: Fra Angelico and many others.
Robert Campin was commissioned to draw the Merode Altarpiece for private use.
Oil Painting
The use of oil paint
The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Camping is an outstanding triptych of Northern Renaissance style. The figures in this triptych are based on real world observation, as opposed to science and math that were used to create paintings in the Italian Renaissance.
The use of oil paint :D
The use of oil paint
Personal salvation
The Merode Altarpiece is a triptych: a work of art in three separate sections meant to be displayed together. In this case it is three paintings in oil on wood panels, set into a hinged frame. It was painted by Robert Campin and/or members of his workshop in the early 15th century, with possible additions by a later hand. The triptych was possibly commissioned for display in a private chapel by wealthy donors, who are depicted in the left hand panel, as a display of their piety. It was also a display of their wealth that they could afford to comission such a painting. The central and right hand panels show the Annunciation and Joseph working in a shop creating mousetraps, symbols of the Incarnation as God's method of trapping the devil. The images are rich with additional symbolism. The original is in the Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Robert Campin's Mérode Altarpiece was an early example of Northern Renaissance art, known for its intricate details, realism, and incorporation of symbolic elements. It emphasized naturalism and domestic settings, reflecting a shift towards humanism and religious devotion in art during the 15th century.
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Robert Campin died in 1444.
Robert Campin died in 1444.