Virgin and Child with Angels

c. 1460

follower of Fra Filippo Lippi

(Italian, c. 1406–1469)

Culture

Italy, Florence, 15th century

Medium

tempera and gold on wood panel

Measurements

Framed: 186.7 x 97.8 x 14 cm (73 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 95 x 53 cm (37 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Holden Collection 1916.802

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Location

117A Italian Renaissance

Description

This painting, produced by one of Fra Filippo Lippi’s many imitators in the city of Florence, is very close to the composition of the now lost central panel of the triptych commissioned by the Medici family in 1457. It was purchased by Mrs. L. E. Holden before the museum’s acquisition of the two flanking panels of Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Michael. It has been suggested that this painting is a copy of the original lost central panel of Fra Filippo’s triptych of 1457.