the Carmelite monastery in Florence, where a few years later Masaccio was to fresco the Brancacci Chapel. And his early work was profoundly influenced by this cycle of paintings, as is evident from the plasticism of the figures and the simplicity of the
forms. After a brief stay in Padua, the impact of DonatelloÆs sculptures in that city prompted Lippi to take a new interest in plasticism and relief and from then on his pictures displayed a dynamic and expressive linearity that was derived from the work
of the great Florentine sculptor. His figures are set in minutely described interiors, in the Flemish manner. Later on, fluid and transparent colors and an elegance of line attenuated the vigorous solidity of his earlier pictures.
