Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child — the carnal friar

The Carmelite monk who eloped with a nun — and painted some of the most tender Madonnas of the fifteenth century. His figures have a warmth and humanity that Masaccio's monumental style lacked. Botticelli was his pupil and heir.

Key works

• Madonna and Child with Two Angels~1465— The Madonna as Florentine beauty
  Uffizi, Florence
• Prato Cathedral frescoes1452-1465— Life of St Stephen and John the Baptist
  Cathedral of Santo Stefano, Prato

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