(Prato 1458 - Florence 1505)
Filippino Lippi, painter of the Quattrocento Italian period, was one of Botticelli's disciples.
Son of the painter Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Tutti, he was ten years old when his father died, and from then on he was educated by Fra Diamante, a disciple and faithful friend of Lippi and a continuer of the works that the master left unfinished.
The poor lad worked in Spoleto and Prato, and already skilled in handling brushes, he entered Botticelli's workshop, who after Lippi's death was considered the best painter in Florence.
In 1480, when Filippino Lippi was 22 years old, he painted the Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Bernard, which is undoubtedly his masterpiece. The success was so great and deserved that Filippino was chosen to complete the paintings of the Brancacci chapel, unfinished since Masaccio's death, following with great talent the style of the latter.
Following the custom, largely established by his father, Filippino included a large number of portraits in his compositions, among which are Soderini, Guicciardini, Pulci, Francesco Granacci, Botticelli, Pollaiuolo, and himself.
Unfortunately, the influence of Botticelli and the impression produced on his mind by the vision of the ancient world modified his great personality, even though it gave rise to the sumptuousness of the Adoration of the Magi, of a magnificence only comparable to that of the Venetians.
The last work of Filippino Lippi was the fresco painting of Santa Maria Novella, and in it he reached such great heights that on some occasions he attains the strength and character that the works of Leonardo should possess.
Filippino Lippi died in Florence on April 18, 1505. His sons, Roberto Lippi and Juan Francisco, were also artists, with the name of the latter known from what Benvenuto Cellini refers about him.
Filippino Lippi, painter of the Quattrocento Italian period, was one of Botticelli's disciples.
Son of the painter Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Tutti, he was ten years old when his father died, and from then on he was educated by Fra Diamante, a disciple and faithful friend of Lippi and a continuer of the works that the master left unfinished.
The poor lad worked in Spoleto and Prato, and already skilled in handling brushes, he entered Botticelli's workshop, who after Lippi's death was considered the best painter in Florence.
In 1480, when Filippino Lippi was 22 years old, he painted the Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Bernard, which is undoubtedly his masterpiece. The success was so great and deserved that Filippino was chosen to complete the paintings of the Brancacci chapel, unfinished since Masaccio's death, following with great talent the style of the latter.
Following the custom, largely established by his father, Filippino included a large number of portraits in his compositions, among which are Soderini, Guicciardini, Pulci, Francesco Granacci, Botticelli, Pollaiuolo, and himself.
Unfortunately, the influence of Botticelli and the impression produced on his mind by the vision of the ancient world modified his great personality, even though it gave rise to the sumptuousness of the Adoration of the Magi, of a magnificence only comparable to that of the Venetians.
The last work of Filippino Lippi was the fresco painting of Santa Maria Novella, and in it he reached such great heights that on some occasions he attains the strength and character that the works of Leonardo should possess.
Filippino Lippi died in Florence on April 18, 1505. His sons, Roberto Lippi and Juan Francisco, were also artists, with the name of the latter known from what Benvenuto Cellini refers about him.
