Filippo di Tommaso Lippi
A Florentine Rebel: The Life and Art of Filippo Lippi Filippo di Tommaso Lippi, known as Fra Filippo Lippi, was a figure both blessed by artistic genius and shadowed by a life brimming with scandal and unconventional choices. Born in Florence in 1406 to a butcher family, his early years were marked by loss; orphaned at the tender age of two, he found himself entrusted to the care of his aunt, Mona Lapaccia. This arrangement ultimately led him, at eight years old, to the Carmelites’ convent – a path that would shape not only his artistic development but also define the complexities of his cha…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Filippo di Tommaso Lippi's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.