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| Artist | Aldi, Pietro (Italian painter, 1852-1888) |
| Title | Filippo Lippi Paying Court to Lucrezia Buti |
| Alternative/previous titles | A Painter and his Model; Artist and Sitter |
| Date | 1879 (dated) |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 27 x 20.3 cm |
| Inscription | front 'Aldi - Roma/ 1879' |
| Description | In the choir of a Gothic cathedral a painter, dressed in fourteenth century Italian costume, has fallen to his knees, we suppose, to confess his love to a beautiful young nun, who is sitting in a high armchair. This romantic scene can be interpreted as Filippo Lippi paying court to Lucrezia, daughter of Francesco Buti, who was a novice in the convent where he was painting, and who, according to the story of the life of the painter in the Vite of Vasari, subsequently ran away with her admirer to live with him and give life to their son Filippino Lippi. |
| Subject | figure; history (Filippo Lippi, Lucrezia Buti); literature (Vasari) |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 2146 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by John C. McIntyre 1939. |
| Principal exhibitions | Academics and Revolutionaries, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1986-87. |
| Principal publications | Catalogue of Italian Paintings: Illustrations, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1970, p. 26 (ill.); Vasari, G., Le vite delle più eccellenti pittori scultori ed architettori, ed. Novara, 1967, vol. 2, p. 474. |
| Notes |
The identification of the real subject of the painting is owed to an unpublished catalogue entry, compiled by Francesca Calvocoressi. |
| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Dr Heiner Krellig |
