Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Image View:
Detail, carved arm of throne with embroidered cushion
Creator:
Filippo Lippi (Italian painter, ca. 1406-1469)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 1598
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
1460-1465 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
95 cm (height) x 62 cm (width)
Subjects:
landscape; New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
This is Filippo Lippi’s most famous piece and features an extraordinary spontaneity in its portrayal. The Virgin is seated on a throne, of which it is possible to glimpse only the soft, embroidered cushion and the carved arm. The angel in the foreground is smiling and looking outwards, as if to bring the onlooker into the scene. The close-up style, with the group painted as little more than half figures, placed in a small space and bordered by a (painted) Serena stone frame, make this composition similar to numerous relief sculptures made by the Florentine sculptors of the same period. The Virgin is dressed in the style of a Florentine noblewomen ca. 1460. The composition was a success from the start, and used as a model by many artists, including the young Botticelli, a pupil of Lippi. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [museum website]; https://www.uffizi.i t/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LIPPI-MCTA-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels