Filippino Lippi is a painter who lived and worked in the second half of the 15th century. He was born around 1457. As the son of the great Fra Filippo Lippi, one of the major artists of the early Renaissance, Filippino had had a direct contact with the craft by working in his father's workshop from early childhood. After his father died, Filippino completed his apprenticeship in the workshop of Sandro Botticelli, where his style greatly evolved. No wonder his early works resemble those of Botticelli's, which is clearly visible in the elongated figures and the emphasis he puts on linear forms. Throughout the next 20 years his works will show a growing stylistic independece, firmer forms, deeper grasp of human emotions and a more realistic defining of depth of space. He met numerous prominent masters and works in his lifetime: Masaccio - whose paintings he had an opportunity to study in the finest details in the Brancacci Chapel, Fra Diamante, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino and Domenico Ghirlandaio, all of whom he was engaged with in the process of painting frescoes in Spedaletto.