A Saint
Artiststudio of
Filippo Lippi
(Italian, about 1406–1469)
Date1460–1469
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensionspanel: 48.3 x 12.2 cm (19 x 4 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineTheodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection
Object number1940.37.2
Label Text2003-12-04: SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA (left)
A SAINT (right)
Studio of Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian, Florentine School, about 1406-1469
Tempera on panel
Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection, 1940.37a,b
Filippo Lippi was a major figure in Florentine painting in the fifteenth century. He worked both on panel and in fresco, mainly in Florence but also in Prato and Spoleto. He took vows as a Carmelite in 1421 but later left the order to marry. Unlike Fra Angelico, he received many private commissions, especially from the Medici. He had an active workshop, and studio assistance can be noted in many of his works.
These two panels are part of a group of eighteen, which were together in a private collection in the nineteenth century. They all probably came from one altarpiece, although their function is unknProvenancePossibly Church of the Carmine, Florence; Sir John Leslie, London, by c. 1871; Buckley, London (Christie’s, 9 July 1926, lot 129); Viscount Lee of Fareham; R. Langton Douglas (1864-1951); sold to Theodore T. Ellis (1868-1934), Worcester, MA, 1926; bequeathed to his wife, Mary G. Ellis (d. 1940); bequeathed to the Worcester Art Museum as part of the Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection, 1940.On View
On viewCollections
Spinello Aretino
late 14th–early 15th century
