Art 8 October 1469 painter Filippo Lippi
Filippo Lippi was born in Florence (nowadays Italy) in 1406 as the son of
Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. When he was still a small child, both his
parents died. He was sent to his aunt Mona Lapaccia but she was too poor
to help him, she placed him in the neighboring Carmelite convent.
In 1420, Lippi was admitted to the community of the Carmelite Friars of the
Priory of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Florence. At the age of 16 he took his
religious vow in the Order.
In 1425, Lippi became a priest and he remained there until 1432. Then he
quit the monastery, although he was not released from his vows.
Lippi then travelled to Ancona and Naples where he was captured by pirates
and kept as a slave. His skill in portrait-sketching helped to release him.
In 1441, Lippi made an altarpiece for the nuns of S. Ambrogio which is now
a key attraction in the Academy of Florence, it was celebrated in Browning's
well known poem: Fra Lippo Lippi.
Love
In June 1456, Lippi painted frescoes in the choir of the cathedral in Prato.
There the artist met Lucrezia Buti, a beautiful novice of the Order and the
daughter of a Florentine named Francesco Buti. Lippi asked if she would
like to be a model for his Madonna. Lippi kept her at his house and he
started a sexual relation with her, despite the nuns' efforts to reclaim her.
They would have a son: Filippino Lippi who became a famous painter just
as his father.
Death
On or around 8 October 1469 Filippo Lippi died in Spoleto. Lippi had been
poisoned by the relatives of Lucrezia Buti.
Legendary paintings
Lippi made frescoes in the choir of the Cathedral of Prato which shows the
stories of St. John the Baptist and St. Stephen.
- Madonna and Child with Saints (now at the Louvre in Paris);
- Annunciation (Alte Pinakotek in Munich);
- Madonna and Child (The Walters Art Museum).
He died while working on the frescoes of Scenes of the Life of the Virgin
Mary (1467-1469) at the Spoleto Cathedral.
One of his most famous pupils was Sandro Botticelli.
Source pictures: Wikipedia
Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. When he was still a small child, both his
parents died. He was sent to his aunt Mona Lapaccia but she was too poor
to help him, she placed him in the neighboring Carmelite convent.
In 1420, Lippi was admitted to the community of the Carmelite Friars of the
Priory of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Florence. At the age of 16 he took his
religious vow in the Order.
In 1425, Lippi became a priest and he remained there until 1432. Then he
quit the monastery, although he was not released from his vows.
Lippi then travelled to Ancona and Naples where he was captured by pirates
and kept as a slave. His skill in portrait-sketching helped to release him.
In 1441, Lippi made an altarpiece for the nuns of S. Ambrogio which is now
a key attraction in the Academy of Florence, it was celebrated in Browning's
well known poem: Fra Lippo Lippi.
Love
In June 1456, Lippi painted frescoes in the choir of the cathedral in Prato.
There the artist met Lucrezia Buti, a beautiful novice of the Order and the
daughter of a Florentine named Francesco Buti. Lippi asked if she would
like to be a model for his Madonna. Lippi kept her at his house and he
started a sexual relation with her, despite the nuns' efforts to reclaim her.
They would have a son: Filippino Lippi who became a famous painter just
as his father.
Death
On or around 8 October 1469 Filippo Lippi died in Spoleto. Lippi had been
poisoned by the relatives of Lucrezia Buti.
Legendary paintings
Lippi made frescoes in the choir of the Cathedral of Prato which shows the
stories of St. John the Baptist and St. Stephen.
- Madonna and Child with Saints (now at the Louvre in Paris);
- Annunciation (Alte Pinakotek in Munich);
- Madonna and Child (The Walters Art Museum).
He died while working on the frescoes of Scenes of the Life of the Virgin
Mary (1467-1469) at the Spoleto Cathedral.
One of his most famous pupils was Sandro Botticelli.
Source pictures: Wikipedia
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