Madonna del Ceppo

Madonna del Ceppo
ArtistFilippo Lippi
Yearc. 1452–1453
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions187 cm × 120 cm (74 in × 47 in)
LocationMuseo Civico, Prato

The Madonna del Ceppo is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi, commissioned to him between 1452 and 1453. It is housed in the Civic Museum of Prato, Italy[1] (though exposed in the local Museum of Wall Painting, in the Palazzo degli Alberti). The name derives from the fact that it was located over a pit of the garden of Pia Casa dei Ceppi in Palazzo Datini, in Prato.

In the centre, the Madonna and Child are flanked by Saints Stephen and John the Baptist; below, Francesco Datini presents to the Virgin the four Buonomini ("Honourable Men") of the Ceppo: Andrea di Giovanni Bertelli, Filippo Manassei, Pietro Pugliesi and Jacopo degli Obizzi.

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References

  1. ^ Venis, Jane; Stupples, Peter, eds. (5 October 2015). Art and Money. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 9781443884013.


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