Question

In Robert Campin’s Triptych of the Annunciation, what everyday object was turned into a religious symbol?
a.
a window
b.
a white towel
c.
a dog
d.
a chair

Answer 1

b. a white towel

Campin places ordinary domestic items (like the white cloth/towel) in the domestic Annunciation scene and gives them religious meaning — the white cloth symbolizes Mary’s purity (and is linked to ideas of purity/virginity and Christ’s future burial shroud).