Demonstrating the benefits of early childhood education: gorgeous Madonna and Child, 1484, in an elegant although 20th-century frame. Painted by Filippino Lippi
Begone! Saint Philip drives sweet little dragon out of v. well-decorated open-air temple of Hieropolis. Strozzi Chapel, Sta. Maria Novella, by Filippino Lippi
Some impressive attention to footgear
Sly little look from this angel drummer by Filippino Lippi in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome
Filippino Lippi. Son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, & destined to follow in his father's artistic footsteps. Here by himself as a young man, 1485.
Angel of the Annunciation, 1483
Filippino (' little Filippo') was probably born in Prato in 1457 following the elopement of his father Fra Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti. Filippino was a leading Florentine exponent of the tradition of great fresco cycles, as well as an accomplished painter on panel. Filippino's father died in 1469 and he was soon in the workshop of Botticelli, who worked with Filippino on one Adoration of the Kings. A Milanese agent in Florence reported in about 1490, 'Filippino: a pupil of Botticelli and son of the most outstanding master of his time'.
Filippino's fame spread throughout Italy and he painted major series of frescoes in Rome as well as Florence. He was also a renowned painter of altarpieces, receiving commissions from Milan, Bologna and Genoa.
Perhaps through the historical misfortune of being eclipsed by the next generation, in particular by Raphael and Michelangelo, Filippino's contemporary success, greater than even that of his teacher Botticelli, is now forgotten. His sacra conversazione influenced High Renaissance artists and he can be seen as a link between the achievements of the 15th and 16th centuries.






