# Madonna and Child

**Filippino Lippi** (Italian, 1457–1504)  
ca. 1483–84  
Tempera, oil, and gold on wood  
32 x 23 1/2 in. (81.3 x 59.7 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.7.10. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436892).

## About this work

Filippino Lippi painted this in about 1483–84, aged about 26. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Filippino Lippi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/filippino-lippi)

Italian, 1457–1504; born in Prato; died in Florence

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 26
- Real size: about 32 × 24 in (81 × 60 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 15th century
- Subjects: Madonna and Child
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1114.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1114/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madonna-and-child-met-436892).