Filippino Lippi’s Madonna and Child, an early image of enslaved people in renaissance Florence – Smarthistory

Filippino Lippi, Madonna and Child, c. 1483–84, tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art),

Filippino Lippi’s Madonna and Child, an early image of enslaved people in renaissance Florence

A 15th-century Florentine painting tells us about the arrival of oil painting to the city, international trade, and slavery in the renaissance.