Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458. Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406-1469). Tempera on wood panel; framed: 94 x 40 x cm (37 x 15 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: x cm (32 x 11 3/4 in.). These panels depicting Saints Anthony the Abbot and Michael originally flanked a central scene of the Madonna and Child with Angels, now lost, to form a triptych. Giovanni di Cosimo de’Medici of Florence commissioned the ensemble in 1457 as a gift to Alfonso V of Aragon. Fra Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar and one of the great masters of early Renaissanc
Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458. Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406-1469). Tempera on wood panel; framed: 94 x 40 x cm (37 x 15 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: x cm (32 x 11 3/4 in.). These panels depicting Saints Anthony the Abbot and Michael originally flanked a central scene of the Madonna and Child with Angels, now lost, to form a triptych. Giovanni di Cosimo de’Medici of Florence commissioned the ensemble in 1457 as a gift to Alfonso V of Aragon. Fra Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar and one of the great masters of early Renaissance Florence, depicted realistic, weighty figures in a three-dimensional space using a system of linear perspective, inspired partly by Masaccio’s Brancacci Chapel, and reflected in the background architecture. Saint Anthony the Abbot rejected all earthly possessions in pursuit of a contemplative life in the desert. He is generally regarded as the founder of monasticism and is depicted wearing a monk’s habit. Saint Michael’s sword and shield refer to his role as heaven’s defender against evil.
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