Fra Filippo Lippi . yNiv[esiTy of mmm. OEPAKTMENT UF UNIVERSITY UNIVEBSIiy OP [ALIfflBN DEPARTMENT UF UMVEK:- ^TEXSlOiN. FIRST FLORENTINE PERIOD 57 occupying a semicircular marble seat, as if engagedin a theological discussion; but the expression ofeach individual saint is most striking and natural,the draperies are lightly and gracefully arranged,and the colouring and technique agreeable andaccurate. The friendship and protection which Cosimo deMedici had graciously extended to the young Car-melite proved of the greatest assistance to the latterin the commencement of his artistic
Fra Filippo Lippi . yNiv[esiTy of mmm. OEPAKTMENT UF UNIVERSITY UNIVEBSIiy OP [ALIfflBN DEPARTMENT UF UMVEK:- ^TEXSlOiN. FIRST FLORENTINE PERIOD 57 occupying a semicircular marble seat, as if engagedin a theological discussion; but the expression ofeach individual saint is most striking and natural,the draperies are lightly and gracefully arranged,and the colouring and technique agreeable andaccurate. The friendship and protection which Cosimo deMedici had graciously extended to the young Car-melite proved of the greatest assistance to the latterin the commencement of his artistic career, for wefind him, even at this early period, receiving nume-rous commissions, so numerous indeed, that, owingto his natural indolence and his love of pleasure,he never succeeded in fulfilling them within theallotted space of time. Thus as early as the year1434 he was commissioned to paint an altar-piece,representing the Coronation of the Virgin, for thehigh altar of Sant Ambrogio, but he did not completethe work until seven years had elapsed, although heaccepted nu
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