Adoration of the Christ Child (Lippi, Prato)

Adoration of the Christ Child is a tempera on panel altarpiece by Filippo Lippi, originally painted for the church of San Domenico in Prato and now in the city's Museo Civico.

[1] After his canonisation, Ferrer became an important model for Dominican culture as a symbol of the struggle against heresy - he is shown to the right of the work having a vision of the Virgin Mary in a mandorla.

St Joseph, the Virgin Mary and Saint George are shown adoring the Christ Child, with two shepherds and a number of angels in the background.

The artist often painted this subject during his mature period and produced several variants of it during his time in Prato.

As with Lippi's Madonna della Cintola, the work was produced in phases one year after another.