Madonna del Ceppo
Painting by Filippo Lippi
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The Madonna del Ceppo is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi[1], commissioned to him between 1452 and 1453. It is housed in the Civic Museum of Prato, Italy[2] (though exposed in the local Museum of Wall Painting, in the Palazzo degli Alberti). The name derives from the fact that it was located over a pit of the garden of Pia Casa dei Ceppi in Palazzo Datini, in Prato.
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| Artist | Filippo Lippi |
| Year | c. 1452–1453 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 187 cm × 120 cm (74 in × 47 in) |
| Location | Museo Civico, Prato |
In the centre, the Madonna and Child are flanked by Saints Stephen and John the Baptist; below, Francesco Datini presents to the Virgin the four Buonomini ("Honourable Men") of the Ceppo: Andrea di Giovanni Bertelli, Filippo Manassei, Pietro Pugliesi and Jacopo degli Obizzi.
