WHY BUY IT

• Magnificent, true-to-life colours
• Adds elegance to any room
• Perfect as a prestigious gift

FEATURES

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges

Print on handmade Amalfi paper with frame
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges, handmade beech wood frame

Print on painter's canvas
Size: 80 x 60 cm (31.5 x 23.6 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine-grain painter's canvas
Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade

The artwork

The Madonna and Child, also known as La Lippina, is a work by Filippo Lippi painted around 1465. Famous for its delicacy and intimacy, the painting depicts the Madonna at a window holding the Infant Jesus in a domestic setting overlooking the surrounding landscape. The Madonna is seated, wearing a blue mantle and a white veil, while the Child is naked and lovingly held in his mother's arms.

The background features an idyllic landscape seen through a window, enriching the scene with a sense of depth and serenity. Lippi shows his mastery of colour and light, creating an effect of softness and naturalness in the figures.

A distinctive feature of the work is the presence of two angels supporting the Child. With their sweet and joyful expressions, the angels accentuate the theme of sacredness and maternal love. The composition is balanced and harmonious, with particular attention to detail, such as the embroidery on the Madonna's garments and the transparency of her veil.

Botticelli, Lippi's pupil, drew deep inspiration from this work, adopting its expressive tenderness and delicacy of figures in his own depictions.

Currently, La Lippina is held at the Uffizi in Florence, where it continues to be admired for its beauty and its intense expression of maternal affection, standing as one of the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.