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Why did Fra Filippo Lippi move to Spoleto in 1467?
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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.
Fra Filippo Lippi moved to Spoleto in 1467 because he had received a commission for a significant artistic project: the decoration and creation of frescoes for the choir of the cathedral there.1
This undertaking included several major works, such as the Nativity, the Annunciation, the Death of Mary, and the Coronation in the center of the apse vault. He traveled to the city accompanied by his son, Filippino Lippi, and his longtime collaborator, Fra Diamante. These frescoes ultimately became the final works of his career, as he died before their completion.1