Paintings in the 1440s
by Fra Filippo LIPPI

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 Info
Madonna and Child
c. 1440
Tempera on panel, 79 x 52 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Madonna and Child (detail)
c. 1440
Tempera on panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Portrait of a Man and a Woman
c. 1440
Tempera on wood, 64 x 42 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Portrait of a Man and a Woman (detail)
c. 1440
Tempera on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Portrait of a Woman
1440-42
Tempera on wood, 50 x 33 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin


Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors
c. 1440
Oil on panel, 155 x 144 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome


Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail)
c. 1440
Oil on panel
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome


Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail)
c. 1440
Oil on panel
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome


Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors (detail)
c. 1440
Oil on panel
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome


Annunciation
c. 1443
Wood, 203 x 186 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1443
Wood
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1443
Wood
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1443
Wood
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1443
Wood
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Coronation of the Virgin
1441-47
Tempera on wood, 200 x 287 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
1441-47
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Coronation of the Virgin
1441-45
Wood, 167 x 69, 172 x 93, 167 x 82 cm
Pinacoteca, Vatican


Adoration of the Magi
c. 1445
Tempera on wood, diameter 137 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Adoration of the Magi (detail)
c. 1445
Wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Adoration of the Magi (detail)
c. 1445
Wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Annunciation
c. 1445
Wood, 175 x 183 cm
San Lorenzo, Florence


Annunciation
c. 1445
Wood, 175 x 183 cm
San Lorenzo, Florence


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1445
Wood
San Lorenzo, Florence


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1445
Wood
San Lorenzo, Florence


Annunciation (detail)
c. 1445
Wood
San Lorenzo, Florence


Madonna Enthroned with Saints
c. 1445
Tempera on wood, 196 x 196 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Madonna Enthroned with Saints (detail)
c. 1445
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Madonna Enthroned with Saints (detail)
c. 1445
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Madonna Enthroned with Saints (detail)
c. 1445
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Meeting of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate
c. 1445
Tempera on wood, 21 x 48 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford


The Virgin Appears to St Bernard
1447
Wood, 69 x 105 cm
National Gallery, London


Annunciation
1445-50
Tempera on panel, 117 x 173 cm
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome


Annunciation
1448-50
Egg tempera on wood, 68 x 152 cm
National Gallery, London


Annunciation (detail)
1448-50
Egg tempera on wood
National Gallery, London


Annunciation (detail)
1448-50
Egg tempera on wood
National Gallery, London


Seven Saints
1448-50
Egg tempera on wood, 68 x 151 cm
National Gallery, London



Summary of works by Fra Filippo Lippi
Paintings
in the 1430s | in the 1440s | in the 1450s | in the 1460s
Fresco cycles
Prato Cathedral | Spoleto Cathedral



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