id: 140148
accession number: 1964.150
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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 x 3 cm (32 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/16 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 x 3 cm (32 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1964)
opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
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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
Leone De Castris, Pierluigi. La pittura del Quattrocento a Napoli: 1400-1458 : da Ladislao D'Angiò-Durazzo ad Alfonso D'Aragona. 2020, 236.
page number: Mentioned: p. 246; Reproduced: p. 236, figs. 314-315.
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Berenson, Bernard. I disegni dei pittori fiorentini. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 79
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n103
Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 30A & 30B, p. 80 - 83; colorplate XVI
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 90
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n110
Boskovits, Miklós, ed. Italian Paintings from the 13th to 15th Century. Firenze, Italy: Polistampa, 2009.
page number: Mentioned: p. 155
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 276
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