Who created "The Adoration of the Child"?

The Adoration of the Child was created by Filippino Lippi in c. 1475/1480.

When was "The Adoration of the Child" created?

This artwork was created c. 1475/1480.

What medium is "The Adoration of the Child"?

The Adoration of the Child is oil on poplar panel.

Is "The Adoration of the Child" in the public domain?

Yes, The Adoration of the Child is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Adoration of the Child

Filippino Lippi

c. 1475/1480

Medium

oil on poplar panel

Dimensions

painted surface: 81.5 x 56.3 cm (32 1/16 x 22 3/16 in.) support: 82.5 x 57.3 cm (32 1/2 x 22 9/16 in.) framed: 117.2 x 91.1 x 8.3 cm (46 1/8 x 35 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CIS-R

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.18

Art Historical Context

Filippino Lippi's *The Adoration of the* (c. 147/1480), an oil painting on poplar panel, a tender moment of divine intimacy. Measuring about 81.5 x 56.3 cm, this intimate devotional work depicts the Virgin Mary gazing lovingly at the infant Christ, a quintessential Renaissance theme maternal devotion and the humanity of the sacred. Housed in the National Gallery of Art as part of the Andrew W Mellon Collection, it invites viewers into the quiet reverence of early Christian iconography. Lippi, a prominent Florentine painter (1457–1504) and son of Fra Filippo Lippi, trained under Sandro Bottice...

About the Artist

Filippino Lippi · 1457–1504

Filippino Lippi was born around 1457 in Prato, the illegitimate son of the celebrated Florentine painter Fra Filippo Lippi and the nun Lucrezia Buti, who later received a papal dispensation to marry. The family moved to Spoleto, where young Filippino assisted in his father's workshop on the fresco cycle *Life of the Virgin* in the cathedral. Following Fra Filippo's death in 1469, when Filippino wa...

The Adoration of the Child

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