Adoration of the Christ child with the young St. John the baptist,St. Romuald,angels,the hands of God the Father and the Holy Ghost as a dove - Filippo Lippi

Adoration of Camaldoli

Filippo Lippi

Adoration of the Christ child with the young St. John the baptist,St. Romuald,angels,the hands of God the Father and the Holy Ghost as a dove - Filippo Lippi

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Details

Artist
Filippo Lippi
Date
c. 1463
Holding institution
Uffizi Gallery
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Uffizi Gallery

Art Genome Taxonomy

12 tags

Subject Matter

  • Madonna and Child Both · 99%

    The catalog identifies an Adoration of the Christ child, and the image visibly shows an infant Christ with the kneeling Virgin Mary.

  • The metadata identifies the hands of God the Father and the Holy Ghost as a dove; both the descending hands and the dove are clearly visible in the upper register.

  • Saints Metadata · 98%

    The canonical description explicitly identifies the young St. John the Baptist and St. Romuald among the depicted figures. Their individual identities rely on the catalog rather than independent visual verification.

  • Landscapes Visual · 98%

    An extensive rocky, wooded, and mountainous outdoor setting occupies most of the background and middle ground.

  • Figures in Nature Visual · 94%

    The Virgin, child, standing youth, and monastic figure are integrated into a prominently depicted natural environment of cliffs, trees, paths, and layered terrain.

Visual Qualities

  • Radiating Lines Visual · 99%

    Numerous fine rays descend vertically from the dove toward the infant Christ, organizing the composition around a strong directional axis.

  • Highly Detailed Visual · 97%

    The painting contains extensive fine linear work, small marks, patterned surfaces, detailed vegetation, and carefully articulated rock formations and garments.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%

    Gold-toned halos, garment borders, rays, and dotted decorative accents produce a richly embellished surface.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Both · 99%

    The canonical metadata classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted figurative scene.

  • Tempera Metadata · 99%

    The canonical medium is listed as panel; tempera. The catalog provides an exact tempera category, while the panel support cannot be independently confirmed from the reproduction.

Time Periods

  • 15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The work is dated c. 1463, placing it in the fifteenth century.

Cultural and Religious Styles

  • The work’s Christian devotional subject is established by the catalog and visibly expressed through the Virgin, Christ child, angels, saints, divine hands, and dove.

Source & rights

Filippo Lippi. Own work by Commonists. Taken on 1 August 2021, 09:17:11

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