Werl Triptych
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The Werl Triptych is a triptych altarpiece completed in Cologne in 1438, of which the centre panel has been lost. The two remaining wings are now in the Prado in Madrid. It was long attributed to the
The two surviving wings of The Werl Altarpiece, 1438
Right wing showing Saint Barbara. Oak panel, 101 cm x 47 cm. Museo del Prado.
Annunciation, Jan van Eyck, 1434–1436. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Note the monumental size of the figures, which are out of proportion to their surroundings.
Left wing with donor portrait of Heinrich von Werl and Saint John the Baptist
Mérode Altarpiece
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The Mérode Altarpiece is an oil on oak panel triptych, now in The Cloisters in New York. It is unsigned and undated, but attributed to Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin and an assistant. The t
Central panel: 64 × 63 cm; wings: 65 × 27 cm
The Annunciation. The Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, version of the central panel, at one time attributed to Jacques Daret, a pupil of Campin's. This panel was painted earlier than the New York version and may be the original.
Detail, centre panel, with table, book of hours, fading candle and vase
Detail with the Virgin reading a book of hours