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 Portrait of the Donor Nera Corsi Sassetti oil


Portrait of the Donor Nera Corsi Sassetti
Painting ID::  44378
Portrait of the Donor Nera Corsi Sassetti
c. 1485
c._1485
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple oil


Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple
Painting ID::  44379
Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple
1486-90
1486-90
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Portrait of the Donor Francesco Sassetti oil


Portrait of the Donor Francesco Sassetti
Painting ID::  44380
Portrait of the Donor Francesco Sassetti
c. 1485
c._1485
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Portrait of the Donor Francesca Pitti-Tornabuoni oil


Portrait of the Donor Francesca Pitti-Tornabuoni
Painting ID::  44381
Portrait of the Donor Francesca Pitti-Tornabuoni
1486-90
1486-90
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Test of Fire before the Sultan . oil


Test of Fire before the Sultan .
Painting ID::  44383
Test of Fire before the Sultan .
1482-85
1482-85
   
   
     

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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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