Filippino Lippi

Filippino Lippi was born in Prato in 1457, the son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi (ca. 1406-1469). He was trained initially by his father, and following his father's death he entered the shop of Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, 1444/45-1510) as an apprentice. In 1486, he completed his first major altarpiece, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, for the Palazzo della Signoria. In 1488 Filippino moved to Rome to work on a fresco cycle in the Carafa chapel in S. Maria sopra Minerva; he finished this cycle in 1493 and returned to Florence in 1494. Between 1497 and 1500, he painted the Strozzi family chapel in S. Maria Novella in Florence. In addition, Filippino painted numerous altarpieces and devotional works in Florence. He died in Florence in 1504.