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What story did Giorgio Vasari tell about Fra Filippo Lippiās alleged captivity on the Adriatic Sea?
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Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child, tempera on poplar panel by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1440; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 79 Ć 51.1 cm.
According to the Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari, Fra Filippo Lippi was abducted by pirates while on the Adriatic Sea along with some of his companions. Vasari claimed that Lippi was held in captivity and enslaved for 18 months before eventually securing his freedom by painting a portrait of his enslaver.1