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 Enthroned between Angels and Saints oil


Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels and Saints
Painting ID::  32342
Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels and Saints
c. 1486 Tempera on wood,168 x 197 cm
c._1486 Tempera_on_wood,168_x_197_cm
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Madonna in Glory with Saints oil


Madonna in Glory with Saints
Painting ID::  32343
Madonna in Glory with Saints
1490-96 Tempera on wood, 221 x 198 cm
1490-96 Tempera_on_wood,_221_x_198_cm
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Renunciation of Worldly Goods oil


Renunciation of Worldly Goods
Painting ID::  32344
Renunciation of Worldly Goods
1482-85 Fresco
1482-85 Fresco
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Entombment of St.Fina oil


Entombment of St.Fina
Painting ID::  33282
Entombment of St.Fina
mk83 1473-1475 Fresco
mk83 1473-1475 Fresco
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Last Supper oil


Last Supper
Painting ID::  33394
Last Supper
mk86 1480 Fresco,total width 812cm Florence,Convent of San Marco.Refectory
   
   
     

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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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