id:			140148
accession number:	1964.150
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.150
updated:		2019-07-18 08:07:31.970000

Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458. Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406-1469). Tempera on wood panel; framed: 94 x 40 x 6.5 cm (37 x 15 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 81.3 x 29.8 cm (32 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.150

title:				Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot
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creation date:			1458
creation date earliest:		1458
creation date latest:		1458
current location:		117B Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 15th century
technique:	tempera on wood panel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406-1469)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 94 x 40 x 6.5 cm (37 x 15 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 81.3 x 29.8 cm (32 x 11 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 1-31, 1965).

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Condessa Pacheco, Madrid (sold 1871); Sir Francis Cook, Doughty House, Richmond (1871, sold by family 1964); (Rosenberg & Steibel)
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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 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Berenson, Bernard.<em> I disegni dei pittori fiorentini. </em>Milano: Electa editrice, 1961.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. 1, p. 129; Reproduced: vol. 3, fig. 175
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 79
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n103

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 79
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n103

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 90
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n110

	Boskovits, Miklós, ed. <em>Italian Paintings from the 13th to 15th Century.</em> Firenze, Italy: Polistampa, 2009.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 155
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IMAGES

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