GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico

Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1449-1494 Florentine painter, whose family name was Bigordi. He may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Baldovinetti. Ghirlandaio was an excellent technician. Keenly observant of the contemporary scene, he depicted many prominent Florentine personalities within his religious narrative paintings. Among his earliest frescoes are the Madonna with the Vespucci Family and the Last Supper (Church of the Ognissanti, Florence). He painted scenes from the life of Santa Fina (collegiate church in San Gimigniano) and frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. In 1481, Pope Sixtus IV called him to Rome, along with Botticelli, to decorate the Sistine Chapel. He painted the Calling of the First Apostles, a scene close in spirit to Masaccio. He returned to Florence to work on the frescoes in the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. He introduced Sassetti, Corsi, Poliziano, the Medici, and many other contemporaries as participants in the life of St. Francis. Ghirlandaio's most famous achievement is his fresco cycle of the life of Mary and St. John the Baptist for the choir of Santa Maria Novella. Michelangelo served an apprenticeship with him at this time and probably worked on these frescoes. Other examples of his art are the Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi); another Adoration (Hospital of the Innocents); a mosaic of the Annunciation for the Cathedral; a portrait of Francesco Sassetti and his son (Metropolitan Mus.);


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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julianb ghj oil


Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julianb ghj
Painting ID::  6856
Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julianb ghj
c. 1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea a Brozzi, San Donnino
c._1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea_a_Brozzi,_San_Donnino
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Baptism of Christ dfg oil


Baptism of Christ dfg
Painting ID::  6857
Baptism of Christ dfg
c. 1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea a Brozzi, San Donnino
c._1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea_a_Brozzi,_San_Donnino
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Announcement of Death to St Fina sdg oil


Announcement of Death to St Fina sdg
Painting ID::  6858
Announcement of Death to St Fina sdg
1473-75 Fresco Colleggiata, San Gimignano
1473-75 Fresco Colleggiata,_San_Gimignano
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Decoration of the Sala del Gigli oil


Decoration of the Sala del Gigli
Painting ID::  32339
Decoration of the Sala del Gigli
1482-84 Fresco
1482-84 Fresco
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints oil


Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
Painting ID::  32341
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
c. 1479 Tempera on wood, 170 x 160 cm
c._1479 Tempera_on_wood,_170_x_160_cm
   
   
     

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     GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
     Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1449-1494 Florentine painter, whose family name was Bigordi. He may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Baldovinetti. Ghirlandaio was an excellent technician. Keenly observant of the contemporary scene, he depicted many prominent Florentine personalities within his religious narrative paintings. Among his earliest frescoes are the Madonna with the Vespucci Family and the Last Supper (Church of the Ognissanti, Florence). He painted scenes from the life of Santa Fina (collegiate church in San Gimigniano) and frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. In 1481, Pope Sixtus IV called him to Rome, along with Botticelli, to decorate the Sistine Chapel. He painted the Calling of the First Apostles, a scene close in spirit to Masaccio. He returned to Florence to work on the frescoes in the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. He introduced Sassetti, Corsi, Poliziano, the Medici, and many other contemporaries as participants in the life of St. Francis. Ghirlandaio's most famous achievement is his fresco cycle of the life of Mary and St. John the Baptist for the choir of Santa Maria Novella. Michelangelo served an apprenticeship with him at this time and probably worked on these frescoes. Other examples of his art are the Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi); another Adoration (Hospital of the Innocents); a mosaic of the Annunciation for the Cathedral; a portrait of Francesco Sassetti and his son (Metropolitan Mus.);

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