Fra Filippo Lippi

Self-portrait of Fra' Filippo Lippi

Years of life:	1406 – 1469
Art Movement:	Early Renaissance
Painting School:	Quattrocento School

Genre:	Religious
Country:	Italy
Century:	XV

Fra Filippo Lippi is an outstanding Early Renaissance Florentine whose work forms a bridge between Masaccio and Botticelli.

His sincerely-felt religious works expressed worship of God by sensitive interpretation of the New Testament and by mastery of all the chief technical interests and developments of the period: perspective; landscape; proportion; communication between human figures; finely painted decorative detail; carefully drawn drapery folds.

Fra Filippo Lippi’s major works are Virgin and Child, c. 1440–45 (Paris: Musée du Louvre); The Annunciation, c. 1448–50 (London: National Gallery); Madonna and Child with Stories of the Life of St. Anne, c. 1452 (Florence: Palazzo Pitti); The Adoration with the Infant Baptist and St. Bernard, c. 1459 (Berlin: Staatliche Museum).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Madonna

Madonna
Madonna with child and two Angels

between 1460 and 1465

Madonna with child and two Angels • between 1460 and 1465
The Coronation of the Virgin

from 1439 until 1447

The Coronation of the Virgin • from 1439 until 1447
The Annunciation

1440s

The Annunciation • 1440s
Seven saints

1449-1459

Seven saints • 1449-1459
Madonna and Child

between 1446 and 1447

Madonna and Child • between 1446 and 1447
Saint Catherine and a Saint Evangelist

Saint Catherine and a Saint Evangelist
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

1440s

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels • 1440s
Madonna of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

1466

Madonna of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi • 1466
Adoration of Annalena

1453

Adoration of Annalena • 1453
Martelli Annunciation

1440

Martelli Annunciation • 1440
Virgin Mary with the Child and two angels

Virgin Mary with the Child and two angels
Nativity

Nativity
Life of John the Baptist: Herod's Banquet

between 1452 and 1464

Life of John the Baptist: Herod's Banquet • between 1452 and 1464
Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus

between 1445 and 1450

Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus • between 1445 and 1450
Pietà

1430s

Pietà • 1430s
Virgin with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne

1452-1453 or 1465

Virgin with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne • 1452-1453 or 1465
Herod's Banquet

between 1452 and 1465

Herod's Banquet • between 1452 and 1465
Madonna and Child (detail)

1440

Madonna and Child (detail) • 1440
Madonna Enthroned with Saints

1445

Madonna Enthroned with Saints • 1445
Madonna and Child

1450

Madonna and Child • 1450
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

1430

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints • 1430
Sts Augustine and Ambrose

1437

Sts Augustine and Ambrose • 1437
Portrait of a Woman

1445

Portrait of a Woman • 1445
Sts Gregory and Jerome

1437

Sts Gregory and Jerome • 1437
The Saint's Funeral

1460

The Saint's Funeral • 1460