Fra Filipo Lippi (1406-1469) was a Florentine painter who lived during the 15th century Renaissance period. His paintings were largely inspired by the works of Masaccio and Fra Angelico and depicted religious themes as most commonly found during the Late Gothic and Early Renaissance.
Lippi grew up in “the convent of Carmelite monks at Santa Maria del Carmine” (Valerio) with his brother and was exposed to art at an early age. Frescoes painted by Masaccio decorated the walls of the Brancacci chapel Lippi visited and proved to be a source of inspiration as he later started to do the same.
Filipo Lippi left the monastery in 1432 but returned to Florence in 1437 and was commissioned by the Medici family to paint for the church. Lippi ended up marrying a nun and had a son who also ended up becoming an artist.
Works Cited:
Mariani, Valerio. “Fra Filippo Lippi.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fra-Filippo-Lippi.
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