Virgin with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne
Filippo Lippi · 1452
Why it's great
Mary sits holding the baby Jesus in front of a long, curving building, and in the background small scenes show the life of Saint Anne. Filippo Lippi painted this round picture, called a tondo, in about 1452.
Where to see it
📍 Prometheus HallHistoric Centre of Florence, Italy
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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.
