Fra Filippo Lippi.Fra Filippo Lippi was born in 1406 in Florence, both of his parents died when he was a child. Filippo was put into the Carmelite monastery in Florence in 1421 by his aunt, who had taken over the care of the youngster but wanted him off her hands. It seems very likely that he was a pupil of Masaccio, he is recorded as a painter in 1430 a period when Masaccio was painting the Brancacci Chapel. The next dated work is the Tarquinia Madonna of 1437 .
"TheTarquinia Madonna" Commissioned by Giovanni Vitelleschi, archbishop of Florence for his native city of Tarquinia, this painting is inspired by Masaccio with its large volumes. The rather fat, and quite ugly, child also show a trend towards Donatello's work. In 1452 Filippo was appointed chaplain of a convent in Florence, and it is recorded that he lived in abject poverty. He began work on a series of frescoes for the choir of Prato Cathedral and also met Lucrezia Buti, a lady placed under the guardianship of the local nuns. Filippo asked permission to paint Lucrezia and the result was a romance that resulted in the birth of their son, Filippino, in 1457/58. Filippino Lippi followed in his father's footsteps and also became a famous painter. The frescoes of stories from St Stephen and St Sebastian are considered to be among his most important works.
Stories from St Stephen and St Sebastian. Prato Cathedral. (W)
The Coronation of the Virgin of 1441 was painted for S. Ambrogio and shows the Virgin surrounded by saints, angels and monks.
"The Coronation of the Virgin" (W) Filippo Lippi died in 1469 at Spoleto, he had been commissioned to paint the apse of the cathedral with scenes from the life of the Virgin a work completed by his son Filippino Lippi.
Anunnciation.
Child in a Wood. (s) Botticelli was Fra Filippo Lippi's
most important pupil.
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