Chiaroscuro in the manner of Jan van Eyck is a prominent feature of the Annunciation that was originally the central panel of a triptych. Although the two wings of the altarpiece are not by the painter of the central panel, they try to achieve the atmospheric effects of light and shade seen in van Eyck's paintings.

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	Annunciation Triptych c. 1440 Oil on oak panel, 86 x 92 cm (central panel), 87 x 36,5 cm (each wing) Musée du Louvre, Paris (central), Galleria Sabauda, Turin (wings)	1309*670 True Color 153 Kb
	The Annunciation c. 1440 Oil on oak panel, 86 x 93 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	895*845 True Color 132 Kb
	The Annunciation (detail) c. 1440 Oil on oak panel Musée du Louvre, Paris	801*1062 True Color 188 Kb
	The Annunciation (detail) c. 1440 Oil on oak panel Musée du Louvre, Paris	727*575 True Color 72 Kb
	The Annunciation (detail) c. 1440 Oil on oak panel Musée du Louvre, Paris	729*578 True Color 88 Kb
	The Annunciation (detail) c. 1440 Oil on oak panel Musée du Louvre, Paris	729*576 True Color 64 Kb
	Annunciation - Panel, 20 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp	579*948 True Color 125 Kb