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Madonna and Child

ca. 1483–84
Not on view

The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is an arcade with the armorial device of the wealthy Florentine banker Filippo Strozzi (three crescents). The background evokes the area around the Strozzi villa near Florence. A Black man can be seen on a bridge spearing fish, and outside a house a Black woman performs domestic tasks. Enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa began arriving in Florence through Portugal in the 1460s, and documents record the presence of enslaved people in Strozzi’s household.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madonna and Child
  • Artist: Filippino Lippi (Italian, Prato ca. 1457–1504 Florence)
  • Date: ca. 1483–84
  • Medium: Tempera, oil, and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: 32 x 23 1/2 in. (81.3 x 59.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.7.10
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Virgin and Child Attended by Angels, Filippino Lippi Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache
Virgin and Child Attended by Angels
Filippino Lippi
1457/58–1504
The Virgin of the Nativity, Filippino Lippi Italian, Tempera and gold on wood
The Virgin of the Nativity
Filippino Lippi
probably ca. 1500
Standing Male Figure, Filippino Lippi Italian, Soft metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache (some touches of black chalk probably added by later hand)
Standing Male Figure
Filippino Lippi
ca. 1480
The Descent from the Cross, Filippino Lippi Italian, Tempera on wood
The Descent from the Cross
Filippino Lippi
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso), Filippino Lippi Italian, Metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pink prepared paper (recto); metalpoint, on pink prepared paper (verso)
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)
Filippino Lippi
1457/58–1504

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