Workshop_of_Filippo_Lippi_-_Madonna_and_Child_-_Walters_37429.jpg
Summary
Madonna and Child
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| Title |
Madonna and Child
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| Description |
English:
This tender devotional image of the Madonna and Child before a golden curtain still has its original frame, the classical shapes of which demonstrate the Renaissance fascination with antiquity. The frame looks like an architectural opening that has cut off the top of the Virgin's halo. Inscribed along its base in Latin are the words spoken to Mary by the archangel Gabriel, which were also a popular prayer: "Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee." The star on the Virgin's blue robe alludes to her epithet of Stella maris, the Star of the Sea.
Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar, was one of the leading painters of 15th-century Florence. He was famous for his innovative naturalism and had many pupils, the most important of whom was Sandro Botticelli (1444/45-1510). For more information on this painting, please see Zeri catalogue number 44, pp. 73-74. |
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| Date | between circa 1446 and circa 1447 ( Renaissance ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | tempera and gold on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H with frame: 50 x W: 34 1/4 x D: 1 1/8 in. (127 x 87 x 2.8 cm); Painted surface height: 75.5 cm (29.7 in); width: 52.3 cm (20.5 in) ; Panel height: 115.7 cm (45.5 in); width: 73.4 cm (28.8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.429
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| Place of creation | Florence, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Inscribed on original wood frame: AVE GRATIA PLENA DOMINVS TECVM; [Translation] Hail Mary full of grace our lord is with thee. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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