Fra Filippo Lippi . Aliiiari plioto. \ 13 \_Accadentia, J-,oiciuc PORTRAIT OF LIPPI.(A detail from the Coronation of the Virgin.) # ,^il#^ \i\ n«-v. mmm Of mmw DEPAKTMENT OF SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD 71 Florence, in which honorific post he was formallyinstalled on the 27th of the same month, receivingthe investiture at the hands of Messer UgolinoGiugni, specially delegated for the occasion by SantAntonino, the Dominican Archbishop of can we suppose, after what has already beensaid concerning the friars tenor of life, that theappointment was made in recognition of his moralor religi
Fra Filippo Lippi . Aliiiari plioto. \ 13 \_Accadentia, J-,oiciuc PORTRAIT OF LIPPI.(A detail from the Coronation of the Virgin.) # ,^il#^ \i\ n«-v. mmm Of mmw DEPAKTMENT OF SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD 71 Florence, in which honorific post he was formallyinstalled on the 27th of the same month, receivingthe investiture at the hands of Messer UgolinoGiugni, specially delegated for the occasion by SantAntonino, the Dominican Archbishop of can we suppose, after what has already beensaid concerning the friars tenor of life, that theappointment was made in recognition of his moralor religious merits. Unfortunately for Fra Filippo, his tenure of thisclerical benefice, a veritable sinecure which musthave been a welcome addition to his professionalgains, was not of very long duration, and we shallsee how he was deprived of it under extremely dis-graceful circumstances. The Sant Ambrogio altar-piece, confirming FraFilippos fame as one of the leading artists inFlorence, had the effect of bringing him numerouscommissions and was followed by a period of greatactivity. One of the finest pictures executed by thefriar about this time is
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