In 1442, with Medici support, Pope Eugenius IV awarded Lippi an important benefice. A large payment was made in 1447 for St Bernard's Vision of the Virgin (National Gallery, London), produced for the Palazzo della Signoria, as well as final payments for the Coronation of the Virgin, made for Sant'Ambrogio, which was commissioned in 1441.

The Annunciation in the Church of San Lorenzo is among the most successful paintings of Lippi's middle period, with a daring balance of figures, architecture, and landscape. The Annunciation appears to utilize the natural sources within the church itself, which was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.

Many critics have presumed an interlude during the late 1440s when Fra Filippo was strongly attracted to the painting of Fra Angelico to such a point that a direct collaboration between the two masters has been postulated for the Adoration of the Magi, a tondo rich in detail and incidentals.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors c. 1440 Oil on panel, 155 x 144 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	929*1008 True Color 182 Kb
	The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail) c. 1440 Oil on panel Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	908*981 True Color 170 Kb
	The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail) c. 1440 Oil on panel Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	403*1021 True Color 78 Kb
	The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail) c. 1440 Oil on panel Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	745*1116 True Color 134 Kb
	Annunciation c. 1443 Wood, 203 x 185,3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	956*1050 True Color 190 Kb
	Coronation of the Virgin 1441-47 Tempera on wood, 200 x 287 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1112*770 True Color 175 Kb
	Coronation of the Virgin (detail) 1441-47 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1170*625 True Color 114 Kb
	Coronation of the Virgin 1441-45 Wood, 167 x 69, 172 x 93, 167 x 82 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican	1203*850 True Color 166 Kb
	Adoration of the Magi c. 1445 Wood, diameter 137 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington	1000*986 True Color 162 Kb
	Adoration of the Magi (detail) c. 1445 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington	802*1000 True Color 131 Kb
	Annunciation c. 1445 Wood, 175 x 183 cm San Lorenzo, Florence	879*1043 True Color 183 Kb
	Madonna Enthroned with Saints c. 1445 Tempera on wood, 196 x 196 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	962*966 True Color 188 Kb
	The Virgin Appears to St Bernard 1447 Wood, 69 x 105 cm National Gallery, London	1030*907 True Color 122 Kb
	Annunciation 1445-50 Oil on panel, 117 x 173 cm Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome	1220*801 True Color 160 Kb
	The Annunciation 1448-50 Egg tempera on wood, 68 x 152 cm National Gallery, London	1345*601 True Color 111 Kb
	Seven Saints 1448-50 Egg tempera on wood, 68 x 151 cm National Gallery, London	1354*603 True Color 132 Kb