''Three Archangels with Young Tobias'' is a painting by the
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Renaissance
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painter
Filippino Lippi
Filippino Lippi (April 1457 – 18 April 1504) was an Italian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance.
Biography
Filippino Lippi was born in Prato, Tusc ...
, dated ''c.'' 1485. It is housed in the
Galleria Sabauda
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The museum, whose first directors were Rober ...
of
Turin
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.
On the background of a rocky landscape, resembling that of the London ''
Adoration of the Magi
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'', the picture represents the three
archangel
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s:
Michael
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on the left,
Raphael
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in the centre, and
Gabriel
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holding a lily, together with a young
Tobias, son of Tobit. The scene is clearly inspired by a ''Voyage of Tobias'' by
Francesco Botticini
Francesco Botticini (real name Francesco di Giovanni, 1446 – 16 January 1498) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He was born in Florence, where he remained active until his death in 1498. Although there are only few documented wor ...
, once in the Florentine church of
Florence
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and now in the
Uffizi
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, while the angels resemble those painted by Filippino himself in the ''
Liberation of St. Peter'' in the
Brancacci Chapel
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.
The work was once attributed to
Sandro Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian Renaissance painting, Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th cent ...
or his workshop.
See also
*
Tobias and the Angel (disambiguation)
References
Page at artonline.it
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1485 paintings
Paintings by Filippino Lippi
Paintings in the Galleria Sabauda
Paintings depicting Tobias
Dogs in art
Fish in art
Paintings depicting Michael (archangel)
Paintings of Raphael (archangel)
Paintings depicting Gabriel