Fra Filippo Lippi . w en <W u w Q o I—I o yNiv[BSiTy Of am DEPAKTMEXT OF nNlVEU^. ?s nmm of wj DEPAKTMENT OF UNlVERSllY liXTENSlON. FIRST FLORENTINE PERIOD 6i towards the end of this first Florentine period wasremarkable, and his works, still highly finished andof accurate technique, show no traces of mental pre-occupation or negligence. Take, for instance, hisAdoration of the Magi, the beautiful tondo for-merly in Sir Francis Cooks collection at Richmondand now in the National Gallery. This picture w^asprobably painted in the year 1440, when the artistsmind was still full of the gorgeous p
Fra Filippo Lippi . w en <W u w Q o I—I o yNiv[BSiTy Of am DEPAKTMEXT OF nNlVEU^. ?s nmm of wj DEPAKTMENT OF UNlVERSllY liXTENSlON. FIRST FLORENTINE PERIOD 6i towards the end of this first Florentine period wasremarkable, and his works, still highly finished andof accurate technique, show no traces of mental pre-occupation or negligence. Take, for instance, hisAdoration of the Magi, the beautiful tondo for-merly in Sir Francis Cooks collection at Richmondand now in the National Gallery. This picture w^asprobably painted in the year 1440, when the artistsmind was still full of the gorgeous processions andOriental magnificence which he had witnessed inthe preceding year. For in January, 1439, thePatriarch Joseph of Constantinople and the Emperorof the East, John Paleologus, came to meet PopeEugenius for the Council of Florence, which wasintended to unite the Churches of Christendom, andthe city was full of foreigners in quaint and costlygarb. The same event which inspired BenozzoGozzolis fresco in the Riccardi Palace, where theEmperor and the Patriarch are represen
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