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Filippino Lippi

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret

c. 1488–93
tempera and oil on wood
184 × 186 cm (72.4 × 73.2 in)

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified July 2026

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Ultramarine, the blue pigment used lavishly across this tondo (circular painting), was many times more expensive than gold in the Renaissance.

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