cma-medieval-art: Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael, Filippo Lippi, 1458, Cleveland Museu
cma-medieval-art: Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael, Filippo Lippi, 1458, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval ArtThese 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 Masaccio’s 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 monk’s habit. Saint Michael’s sword and shield refer to his role as heaven’s defender against evil.Size: Framed: 94 x 40 x 6.5 cm (37 x 15 ¾ x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 81.3 x 29.8 cm (32 x 11 ¾ in.)Medium: tempera on wood panelhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1964.150.1 -- source link
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