Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, Damian, Cosmas and Anthony of Padua

A sacra conversazione, it originally had a predella painted by Pesellino centred on a Nativity. The main panel shows Cosmas and Damian either side of the Madonna and Child, whilst Francis of Assisi is shown at far left and Anthony of Padua at far right. On an architectural frieze above the figures are the Medici's heraldic balls. • Illustration — The predella Entirely in Lippi's own hand, it was probably commissioned by Cosimo the Elder, as suggested by the presence of Cosmas and Damian, his family's patrons. It was probably originally intended for the Noviziato chapel in Santa Croce Basilica, of which the Medici were patrons. In 1813, during the Napoleonic suppression of churches and religious houses in Italy, the altarpiece and predella were both taken to Paris. The predella's first two sections remain in the Louvre (St Francis Receiving the Stigmata and The Healing of Justinian the Canon), whilst the last three are now in the Uffizi with the main work (Nativity and two), accompanied by copies of the two Louvre sections.

It is recorded as the work of Filippo Lippi. Materials recorded for it are tempera and panel. The record gives 1440 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art. The recorded subject matter is sacra conversazione. It is recorded in the collection of Uffizi Gallery and Medici chapel.

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, Damian, Cosmas and Anthony of Padua is recorded as made of tempera and panel.