Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist
by PSEUDO-PIER FRANCESCO FIORENTINO, Oil on panel, gold ground, 68 x 40 cm
The paintings of this anonymous artist do not, in fact, resemble those of Pier Francesco Fiorentino, but rather follow models by Pesellino and Filippo Lippi. As with the majority of his oeuvre, this work does not repeat a known composition by Lippi, but rather is a pastiche, combining a number of templates by that artist.