# Adoration of the Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LIPPI, Filippino]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on copper plate, diameter 53 cm ## Commentary Adoration of the Child 1480-83 Oil on copper plate, diameter 53 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Filippino Lippi studied painting under Botticelli, one of the most brilliant members of the Medici school formed at Lorenzo the Magnificent's court in Florence. This tondo is typical of the Medici circle and shows the influence of Botticelli. The treatment of the Nativity as the adoration of the Christ Child derives from 14th-century mystic literature. ## Related artworks - [Abraham]() - [Adam]() - [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Allegory of Music or Erato]() - [Allegory]() - [Altar wall of the Carafa Chapel]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()