Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio | |
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![]() Supposed sel-portrait, frae Adoration of the Magi, 1488 | |
Born | Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi 1449 Florence, Italy |
Dee'd | 11 Januar 1494 Florence, Italy (buried in the Basilica o Santa Maria Novella) | (aged 45)
Naitionality | Italian |
Kent for | Penter |
Notable wirk(s) | Pentins in: Kirk o Ognissanti, Palazzo Vecchio, Santa Trinita, Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence an Sistine Chaipel, Roum |
Muivement | Italian Renaissance |
Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian: [doˈmeːniko ɡirlanˈdaːjo]; 1449 – 11 Januar 1494) wis an Italian Renaissance penter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio wis pairt o the so-cried "third generation" o the Florentine Renaissance, alang wi Verrocchio, the Pollaiolo brithers an Sandro Botticelli. Ghirlandaio led a muckle an efficient wirkshop that includit his brithers Davide Ghirlandaio an Benedetto Ghirlandaio, his brither-in-law Bastiano Mainardi frae San Gimignano, an later his son Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.[1] Mpny apprentices passed throu Ghirlandaio's wirkshop, includin the famous Michelangelo.[1] Ghirlandaio's pairteecular talent lay in his ability tae posit depictions o contemporary life an portraits o contemporary fowk within the context o releegious narratives, bringin him great popularity an mony muckle commissions.[2]