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Martelli Annunciation Filippo Lippi, 1445
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Martelli Annunciation

Filippo Lippi Β· 1445

Why it's great

The angel kneels before Mary in a room with a long, receding floor, and a vase of lilies stands nearby. Filippo Lippi painted this in about 1445, and it hangs in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Basilica of San LorenzoFlorence, Italy

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About the artist

Filippo Lippi

1406–1469 Β· born in Florence Β· died in Spoleto

Filippo Lippi was a Florentine painter born in 1406, who was a Carmelite friar for much of his life. He painted tender Madonnas with real, lovely faces, and his son Filippino also became a painter. He died in Spoleto in 1469.

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