Lippi's virgin aka Lucrezia Buti

Painting on ivory after Filippo Lippi
Madonna with the Child and two Angels, 1465. tempera on wood
the original can be found in the famous Uffizi Gallery.

This work by Filippo Lippi, painted around 1465, is one of his best known and most admired paintings of the Renaissance.

The life of Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite monk, makes an interesting tale. The monk was not exactly devoted to his religious duties and fell in love with a nun, Lucrezia Buti.
His love was returned by the nun Lucrezia and, after years of a passionate “secretive” affair, they both were forced to renounce their religious votes.
They had two children, a daughter and a son, Filippino, who would later become a a brilliant painter following in the steps of his father.

The popularity of this work of art likely comes from the fact that many think the semblance of the Madonna may actually be the portrait of Lucrezia Buti.

frame: ivory chips, backside dark red velvet
convex glass
dimensions: 127 x 116 mm.
inner size ring vertically: 58 mm.
both painting and frame are in very good condition
copper eylet
backside information: 30/63x53/2 Vergine del Lippi (in typewrting)





stock number 414