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Born c.1406 • Florence • Italy
Died October 8, 1469 or October 10, 1469 • Spoleto • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance
Notable Family Members son Filippino Lippi

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Painting by Fra Filippo Lippi showing Mary in a blue robe holding the infant Jesus on her lap, set against an architectural background with a scallop shell motif.
Fra Filippo Lippi: The Funeral of St. Stephen
The Madonna and Child with Two Angels, tempera on wood by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1465; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. 95 × 62 cm.
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Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
Italian painter
Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
Italian painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
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Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Correggio
Italian artist
Madonna with Child and SS. Sebastian and Rocco, oil on wood by Bartolomeo Montagna, 1487; in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy.
Bartolomeo Montagna
Italian painter
The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
Italian painter
“The Condemned in Hell,” fresco by Luca Signorelli, 1500–02; in the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto, Italy
Luca Signorelli
Italian painter
Bernardino Luini: The Magdalen
Bernardino Luini
Italian painter
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter

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