The funeral of St. Stephen

Lippi, Filippino (ca. 1457-1504)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

ca. 1460

Height:

24.9 cm  (9 13/16 in.)

Width:

19.3 cm  (7 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash with traces of stylus over traces of black chalk

Description

In a Renaissance church interior, six figures are clustered in the foreground near the corpse. One blesses the body; three (and possibly the fourth) sing. The singer on the left holds his right hand aloft as if beating time, another holds a book, and the figure behind him looks over his shoulder as if trying to read the music.

People as subjects

St. Stephen (died ca. 36 CE)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2179