Filippo Strozzi (1428-91) returned to Florence from exile in 1466, as a man with foreign contacts of an importance to make him indispensable as an adviser to Lorenzo the Magnificent - and with a fortune sufficient for him to embark in 1489 upon the building of the truly palatial Strozzi Palace. Before that he had purchased from the Boni family the freehold of the chapel in S. Maria Novella that bears his name and commissioned Filippino Lippi to decorate it.

The Chapel of Filippo Strozzi is dedicated to the Apostles Philip and James (formerly to St John the Evangelist). All the frescoes in the chapel are by Filippino Lippi who completed them in 1502. On the right wall of the chapel the artist depicted the scene St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, above it in the lunette the Crucifixion of St Philip can be seen. On the left wall: St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Druisana, while above in the lunette The Torture of St John the Evangelist is represented. In the vault: Adam, Noah, Abraham and Jacob can be seen.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 10 minutes): Orlando Gibbons: Te Deum

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	View of the Strozzi Chapel 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	938*1200 True Color 197 Kb
	View of the Strozzi Chapel 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	800*1097 True Color 207 Kb
	View of the Strozzi Chapel 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	1000*1430 True Color 204 Kb
	View of the frescoes in the Strozzi Chapel 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	650*1335 True Color 174 Kb
	View of the Strozzi Chapel (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1170 True Color 203 Kb
	View of the Strozzi Chapel (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1168 True Color 186 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	1000*1019 True Color 194 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1170 True Color 193 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	770*1043 True Color 157 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	960*671 True Color 168 Kb
	St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1089 True Color 188 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	850*1019 True Color 184 Kb
	St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1152 True Color 200 Kb
	Crucifixion of St Philip 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	1200*860 True Color 192 Kb
	St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	1000*1034 True Color 202 Kb
	St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	619*901 True Color 109 Kb
	St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1157 True Color 199 Kb
	St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana (detail) 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	900*1154 True Color 192 Kb
	Torture of St John the Evangelist 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	1157*900 True Color 195 Kb
	View of the Vaulting in the Strozzi Chapel 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	807*1030 True Color 222 Kb
	Abraham 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	882*616 True Color 185 Kb
	Adam 1487-1502 Fresco Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	920*1020 True Color 228 Kb