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'A Nude Man', Italian, 1480s. This sketch is in silverpoint, heightened with white on mauve-grey, prepared paper. Filippino Lippi has used this traditional technique in a dramatic and novel way to depict a figure in violent motion. The study of the heroic male nude was the focus of much artistic interest in late fifteenth-century Florence. Drawings such as this permitted Renaissance artists to understand how the human body worked, which led to a greater naturalism and fluency in their paintings.
PD, 1860-6-16-64
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'A Nude Man', Italian, 1480s. This sketch is in silverpoint, heightened with whi...

The Annunciation.
#39150838

The Annunciation.

Madonna and Saints Jerome and Francis of Assisi.
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Madonna and Saints Jerome and Francis of Assisi.

The Adoration of the three Magi,around 1480.           
Oil with egg tempera on wood,57,5 x 85,7 cm            
NG 1124
#40061627

The Adoration of the three Magi,around 1480. Oil with egg tempera on...

Saint Paul visits Saint Peter in prison, from the      
lower row of murals in the private chapel of the       
Brancacci family. 1425-1428   See 40-07-08/1-24        
232 x 89 cm
#400708 9

Saint Paul visits Saint Peter in prison, from the lower row of murals in t...

Saint Peter resurrects the son of the prefect Teophil, 
his jailer. Detail: the boy rising from the dead. He   
has the face of the young Gian Galeazzo Visconti. From 
the murals in the private chapel of the Brancacci      
family. Legenda Aurea. 1425-1428. See 40-07-08/1-24
#40070812

Saint Peter resurrects the son of the prefect Teophil, his jailer. Detail: the...

Two youths watching the crucifixion of Saint Peter.
Detail. The young man turned towards the looker-on is
painter Sandro Botticelli. From the series of murals
in the private chapel of the Brancacci-family.
1481-1483.      See 40-07-08/1-24
#40070819

Two youths watching the crucifixion of Saint Peter. Detail. The young man turne...

Filippino Lippi (self-portrait, far right): Disputation
between Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and the sorcerer Simon
Magus, in the presence of Emperor Nero (Legenda Aurea).
Left of Nero: Pollaiolo (red cap) and Leon Battista    
Alberti (fur cap). 1481-1483. See also 40-07-08/1-24
#40070820

Filippino Lippi (self-portrait, far right): Disputation between Saint Peter, Sai...

The disputation between Saint Peter, Saint Paul and    
the sorcerer Simon Magus in the presence of Emperor    
Nero. See 40-07-08/18. Detail: Emperor Nero, painter   
Antonio del Pollaiolo and Leone Alberti, artist and    
art theoretician. 1481-1483. See 40-07-08/1-24
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The disputation between Saint Peter, Saint Paul and the sorcerer Simon Magus...

Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Lower row right of the     
frescos in the private chapel of the Brancacci family. 
1481-1483. See 40-07-08/1-24                           
Total size including the Disputation with Simon Magus: 
230 x 598 cm
#40070822

Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Lower row right of the frescos in the private c...

Saint Peter led from prison by an angel, past one of   
King Herod's sleeping guards. From the lower row of    
murals in the private chapel of the Brancacci family.  
1481-1483. See 40-07-08/1-24                           
232 x 89 cm
#40070823

Saint Peter led from prison by an angel, past one of King Herod's sleeping gu...

Saint Peter led from prison by an angel. See           
40-07-08/20. Detail: the angel and Saint Peter.        
From the lower row of murals in the private chapel of  
the Brancacci family. 1481-1483. See 40-07-08/1-24
#40070824

Saint Peter led from prison by an angel. See 40-07-08/20. Detail: the...