Who created "Two Angels Carrying Torches"?

Two Angels Carrying Torches was created by Filippino Lippi in c. 1501.

When was "Two Angels Carrying Torches" created?

This artwork was created c. 1501.

What medium is "Two Angels Carrying Torches"?

Two Angels Carrying Torches is pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, pricked for transfer.

Is "Two Angels Carrying Torches" in the public domain?

Yes, Two Angels Carrying Torches is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi

c. 1501

Medium

pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, pricked for transfer

Dimensions

overall (maximum measurement): 17.5 x 12.6 cm (6 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1991.190.1.g

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...

Two Angels Carrying Torches

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