The Funeral of Saint Stephen
1460
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1460
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a crowd of people gathered around a body laid on the ground, hands clasped in grief. This isn’t a finished painting—it’s a rare sketch from the 1400s. Most drawings from this time were quick studies of faces or fabric. This one shows Lippi planning a whole scene, which makes it special. The lines are loose but confident, like he’s thinking out loud on paper. If you want to see more like this, look up *italy, florence, 15th century*.
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