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LIPPI, Fra Filippo: Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne

🖼 Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne, 1452-53
Tempera on wood, diameter 135 cm
Florence, Italy

Tender gold leaf frames the Madonna and Child in the center, while narrative scenes of St. Anne's life unfold in luminous detail across the panel. This polyptych exemplifies Early Renaissance devotional art, blending intimate portraiture with sequential storytelling to guide viewers through sacred narrative and spiritual contemplation.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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