His childhood at Carmine

His childhood at Carmine Filippo Lippi was born in 1406 in Florence in a house behind the Carmelite convent and, after being left an orphan, he was taken in by the convent at the age of eight, and given a home there, since his family was extremely poor.

He entered the Carmelite order when he was fifteen, but he was a very poor student: his real talent was in the art of painting, where he showed early genius, and he quickly became one of the most celebrated and original painters in Renaissance Florence.

There is no evidence that young Fra’ Filippo ever studied his art in the workshop of any other master. .  back >