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 St Luke the Evangelist oil


St Luke the Evangelist
Painting ID::  43524
St Luke the Evangelist
1451-1500 depicted as a young man with brown hair and a beard, is looking at a little book on his knee as he writes down the life of Christ.
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Detail of Baptism of Christ oil


Detail of Baptism of Christ
Painting ID::  43525
Detail of Baptism of Christ
Ghirlandaio made slight changes to Christ-s standing position and replaced the angels on the right with a kneeling male nude, who is already taking off his shoes in preparation for the baptismal ceremony.
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints oil


Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
Painting ID::  43856
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
c. 1483 Tempera on wood, 191 x 200 cm
c._1483_ Tempera_on_wood,_ 191_x_200_cm
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Adoration of the Magi oil


Adoration of the Magi
Painting ID::  43858
Adoration of the Magi
1487 Tempera on wood,
1487_ Tempera_on_wood,
   
   
     

GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Domenico oil


Domenico
Painting ID::  43862
Domenico
c. 1486 Ink on paper, 220 x 170 mm
c._1486_ Ink_on_paper,_ 220_x_170_mm
   
   
     

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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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