Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael, 1458. Creator: Filippo Lippi (Italian, c
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Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael, 1458. Creator: Filippo Lippi (Italian, c
Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael, 1458. These panels depicting Saints Anthony the Abbot and Michael originally flanked a central scene of the Madonna and Child with Angels, now lost, to form a triptych. Giovanni di Cosimo de Medici of Florence commissioned the ensemble in 1457 as a gift to Alfonso V of Aragon. Fra Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar and one of the great masters of early Renaissance Florence, depicted realistic, weighty figures in a three-dimensional space using a system of linear perspective, inspired partly by Masaccios Brancacci Chapel, and reflected in the background architecture. Saint Anthony the Abbot rejected all earthly possessions in pursuit of a contemplative life in the desert. He is generally regarded as the founder of monasticism and is depicted wearing a monks habit. Saint Michaels sword and shield refer to his role as heavens defender against evil
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