Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael

Fra Filippo Lippi’s “Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael” was painted in 1458. It is a panel from a triptych. The medium is tempera on wood panel. Currently housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The panel depicts the Archangel Michael in ornate armor. The background is a muted landscape. Lippi used delicate brushwork to highlight intricate details.

Lippi was a Carmelite priest and painter in Florence. His workshop trained artists like Sandro Botticelli. His career intertwined religious and artistic vocations.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.150.1

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