Filippo Lippi

Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)

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Lived 1406–1469, aged 63

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1406–1469
Aged 63

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Filippo Lippi painted his way through the Italian Quattrocento as a Carmelite priest who somehow ran one of the era's most influential workshops. Sandro Botticelli came up under him; so did his own son Filippino, who'd eventually outshine the old man.

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Filippo Lippi, also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Quattrocento and a Carmelite priest. He was an early Renaissance master of a painting workshop, who taught many painters. Sandro Botticelli and Francesco di Pesello were among his most distinguished pupils. His son, Filippino Lippi, also studied under him and assisted in some late works.

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