The painting here is The Madonna in the Forest by Filippo Lippi, housed in Berlin’s in Kaiser Friedrich Museum. This painting, which dates to about 1460, was made for the chapel of the Medici (later Medici-Riccardi) which was decorated by Benozzo Gozzoli. It does not just depict the Adoration of the Child, it also shows the Holy Trinity. God the Father, the Holy Spirit and Christ are united on the painting and represent the conception of the Holy Trinity held by the Western Church: the Holy Spirit emanates from the Father and Son. Fra’ Filippo Lippi  (c. 1406 –1469), also known as Lippo Lippi


The painting here is The Madonna in the Forest by Filippo Lippi, housed in Berlin’s in Kaiser Friedrich Museum. This painting, which dates to about 1460, was made for the chapel of the Medici (later Medici-Riccardi) which was decorated by Benozzo Gozzoli. It does not just depict the Adoration of the Child, it also shows the Holy Trinity. God the Father, the Holy Spirit and Christ are united on the painting and represent the conception of the Holy Trinity held by the Western Church: the Holy Spirit emanates from the Father and Son. Fra’ Filippo Lippi  (c. 1406 –1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the 15th century.


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