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Filippo Lippi O.Carm. (c. 1406 – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (fifteenth century) and a Carmelite priest. He was an early Renaissance master of a painting workshop, who taught many painters.
Fra Filippo Lippi (born c. 1406, Florence [Italy]—died October 8/10, 1469, Spoleto, Papal States) was a Florentine painter in the second generation of Renaissance artists.
Learn about the life and work of Fra Filippo Lippi, one of the most important Florentine painters of the Early Renaissance. Explore his religious and humanist masterpieces, his colorful and detailed interiors, and his influence on later artists.
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Filippo Lippi was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, influenced by Masaccio and supported by the Medici family. He painted many religious scenes, portraits and self-portraits, and had a turbulent and scandalous life.
A double portrait of a couple in a domestic setting, possibly a betrothed pair, painted by the Florentine master Filippo Lippi around 1440. The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents this early and rare work of Italian art, with infrared reflectogram and related essays.
Filippo di Tommaso Lippi was probably born in Florence and took his monastic vows there in the convent of the Carmine in 1421. Since he is known to have taken the habit at a very young age--assumed to be about fifteen years--the date of his birth is currently estimated as 1406. He was probably trained as a painter in the convent, at least in ...
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A Medici commission believed to be the work of Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1440/1460) is a colorful depiction of the moment when the three kings, led by a miraculous star, discovered the Christ child.
