Fra Filippo Lippi . of the Medici,and to the deficient moral sense of the age, is thefact that in 1452, hardly two years after his igno-minious imprisonment, so notorious a libertine asFra Filippo should have been appointed chaplainto the nuns of San Niccolo de Fieri in Florence,and that the Papal condemnation contained inCalixtus Ills Bull, emanated in 1455, should nothave prevented him from obtaining a similar appoint-ment with the nuns of Sta. Margherita at Prato beforemany months had elapsed. Fortunately for Fra Filippo, and also for art, the * Archivio di Siato di Firenze (Tribunale di me
Fra Filippo Lippi . of the Medici,and to the deficient moral sense of the age, is thefact that in 1452, hardly two years after his igno-minious imprisonment, so notorious a libertine asFra Filippo should have been appointed chaplainto the nuns of San Niccolo de Fieri in Florence,and that the Papal condemnation contained inCalixtus Ills Bull, emanated in 1455, should nothave prevented him from obtaining a similar appoint-ment with the nuns of Sta. Margherita at Prato beforemany months had elapsed. Fortunately for Fra Filippo, and also for art, the * Archivio di Siato di Firenze (Tribunale di mercanzia, causaordinaria, n. 1406, p. 25, Ottobre 10, 1459. Petizione di fra Filippodi Tomrnaso, rettore e commendatario perpetuo della chiesa diSan Quirico a Legnaia, contra monna Lucia donna del fu Andreadi Gano, beccaio). This is a law suit in which Fra Filippo soughtto recover rent from the widow of a butcher who occupied the halfof a house which the monk possessed in Borgo San Frediano, nearthe Piazza dei NctDdein photo. ] [_L oiwre, Faris. THE MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH ANGELS, svo^- SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD 83 monk was possessed of so buoyant and optimistica temperament that in spite of all these troubles andcalamities he continued working just the same. Tothis period, in fact, we may assign the tondo in CasaAlessandri, painted, according to Vasari, for MesserAlessandro degli Alessandri, and formerly in thechapel of the latters country seat at represents St. Lawrence enthroned betweenSt. Cosmo and St. Damian, before whom kneel thedonor and his two sons. Attached to this panel,which may originally have been of a rectangularform, were the two figures of St. Anthony andSt. Benedict, now in the Uffizi Gallery. Anotherpicture probably painted about the same time, withthe assistance of some garzone whose manner bearsa striking resemblance to Verrocchios ponderousstyle, is the large panel in the Hospital of Sta. MariaNuova, representing the Madonna and Child
Size: 1396px × 1790px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1901
