Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (UK: /ˌɡɪərlænˈdaɪoʊ/, US: /-lənˈ-, ˌɡɪərlənˈdɑːjoʊ, -lɑːnˈ-/,[1][2][3] Italian: [doˈmeːniko ɡirlanˈdaːjo]; 2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian painter. He painted during the Renaissance (about 1400-1600) in Florence. He was an important painter in the time of the Renaissance. In about 1480, he became the official portrait artist for wealthy people in Florence.
| Domenico Ghirlandaio | |
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| Supposed self-portrait, from Adoration of the Magi, 1488 | |
| Born | 2 June 1448 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 11 January 1494 (aged 45) Florence, Italy (buried in the church of Santa Maria Novella) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Field | Painter |
| Movement | Italian Renaissance |
| Works | Paintings in: Church of Ognissanti in Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Santa Trinita, Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence and Sistine Chapel, Rome |
Domenico had a large painting workshop. His brothers David Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio and his brother-in-law Sebastiano Mainardi worked with him. His son Ridolfo Ghirlandaio also was a painter.
Michelangelo Buonarroti was his most famous apprentice. He started learning in Domenico’s workshop at age 13.
Biography
Ghirlandaio died in 1494 of an contagious fever and was buried in Santa Maria Novella. The day and month of his birth and death are not known, but he died in early January of his forty-fifth year. He had been married two times and had six children. One of his three sons, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, also became a noted painter in Florence.
Works
"Selfportrait", from the left, David Ghirlandaio, Bastiano or Sebastiano Mainardi and Domenico Ghirlandaio
Renunciation of Worldly Goods, 1482
St John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos (detail), 1485
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Domenico Ghirlandaio Media
Pope Gregory announces the death of Santa Fina, in the Collegiate Church of San Gimignano (about 1477)
The Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule from the Sassetti Chapel, with portraits of Lorenzo de' Medici and his family occupying prominent positions as spectators to the event
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Sassetti Chapel, containing a portrait of Ghirlandaio as one of the Shepherds
Detail of the Angel appearing to Zacharias showing portraits of the philosophers Marsilio Ficino, Cristoforo Landino, Angelo Poliziano and Demetrios Chalkondyles
Visitation, c. 1491
The Birth of Mary, Tornabuoni Chapel (1485–90), appears to represent a domestic scene from the life of contemporary Florentine nobility
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Related pages
References
- ↑ "Ghirlandaio" Archived 2019-05-31 at the Wayback Machine (US) and "Ghirlandaio". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press.
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- ↑ "Ghirlandajo". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Other websites
- Official website, 122 works by Domenico Ghirlandaio
- ghirlandaio.it Archived 2017-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, Museums and exhibitions in Florence
- Web Gallery of Art
- Ghirlandaio in Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Ghirlandaio's Cappella Sassetti Frescoes Archived 2007-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Where to find Ghirlandaio's works in Florence