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Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Artist: Fra Filippo Lippi Italian, Florence ca. 1406–1469 Spoleto
Date: ca. 1440
Medium: Tempera on wood
Size: 25 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (64.1 x 41.9 cm)
Where to see it: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗

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About Fra Filippo Lippi

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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