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LIPPI, Fra Filippo: The Virgin Appears to St Bernard

🖼 The Virgin Appears to St Bernard, 1447
Wood
69 × 105 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft light bathes St Bernard as the Virgin descends in ethereal clouds, rendered with delicate tempera and gold leaf. This visionary encounter exemplifies Early Renaissance spirituality, blending mystical devotion with humanized figures—establishing Lippi's influential approach to religious narrative.

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E. H. Gombrich
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