# Sts Augustine and Ambrose \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LIPPI, Fra Filippo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera and gold on wood ## Commentary Sts Augustine and Ambrose \(detail\) c. 1437 Tempera and gold on wood Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin The flat haloes of the saints, with their incised, radiating lines, imitate <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/a/angelico/09/corridor/crucifi1.html'\)" HREF="/html/a/angelico/09/corridor/crucifi1.html">those by Fra Angelico</A> and are characteristic of Filippo Lippi's work of the 1440s. The contrast with the perspectival haloes of the Madonna and Child in the central panel suggests a protracted execution of the triptych. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Announcement of the Death of the Virgin]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()