The Gospel for the Sunday closest to Christmas (which can fall anytime from Dec. 18-24) always features some aspect of the Annunciation. This is wholly logical, though perhaps less so in societies ...

GINA QUINONES walked gingerly into a room at the Cloisters on a May afternoon and gasped in delight upon seeing the famed Merode Altarpiece, a vivid 15th-century triptych depicting the Annunciation.

Prince Alexandre de Merode was an unlikely father of the battle to control use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. A hereditary noble who never married, Prince de Merode came from a Belgian ...

With considerable pride but without great fanfare, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art last month announced the acquisition of the famed Belgian Merode triptych. The Annunciation. By last week ...

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65.5 x 120 cm. (25.8 x 47.2 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

The Merode Altarpiece is one of the most famous works by Robert Campin and his workshop. It serves as a link between the medieval tradition and modern, Renaissance art. Let’s take a closer look at ...

Central panel; Virgin Mary, long haired, wearing dress and mantle, seated on footrest of bench, holding open book protected by cloth; Archangel Gabriel, hair held by jeweled band, wearing alb and ...