When and where was Filippino Lippi born?
Filippino Lippi was born in 1457 at Prato, Tuscany. He entered the world as the illegitimate son of Lucrezia Buti and Fra Filippo Lippi.
Questions about Filippino Lippi
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who trained Filippino Lippi after his father died?
Filippino Lippi completed his apprenticeship under Botticelli after his father died in 1469. The records of the Painters' guild from 1472 noted that Botticelli kept only Filippino Lippi as an assistant.
What major frescoes did Filippino Lippi paint in the Brancacci Chapel?
Filippino Lippi painted Stories of Saint Peter across five distinct frescoes inside Santa Maria del Carmine between 1483 and 1484. These works included Quarrel with Simon Magus, Resurrection of the Son of Teophilus, Saint Peter Jailed, Liberation, and Crucifixion of Saint Peter.
Where did Filippino Lippi work during his Roman period starting in 1488?
Lorenzo de Medici advised Cardinal Oliviero Carafa to entrust Filippino Lippi with decorating the family chapel in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. He completed this series by 1493 and introduced Grottesco elements into his visual language.
When did Filippino Lippi die and what was his final unfinished work?
Filippino Lippi passed away on the 18th of April 1504 at the age of forty-seven while working on a Deposition for Santissima Annunziata church in Florence. Perugino finished the painting in 1507 after Lippi died.