Madonna and Child, Filippino Lippi, circa 1483–84

Madonna and Child, Filippino Lippi, circa 1483–84

The madonna and child are shown in a contemporary florentine palace. Through the window is an arcade with the armorial device of the wealthy florentine banker filippo strozzi (three crescents). The background evokes the area around the strozzi villa near florence. A black man can be seen on a bridge spearing fish and outside a house a black woman performs domestic tasks. Enslaved people from sub-saharan africa began arriving in florence through portugal in the 1460s, and documents record the presence of enslaved people in strozzi’s household. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1483–84. Dimensions: 32 x 23 1/2 in. (81.3 x 59.7 cm). Medium: gold, oil, tempera, wood. Depicted People: Virgin Mary, Christ Child. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Madonna and Child MET DP243637
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Author: Filippino Lippi (1457–1504)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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