Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (, ,"Ghirlandaio"  (US) and  ; 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 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

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

 References 

Other websites

, 122 works by Domenico Ghirlandaio
ghirlandaio.it , Museums and exhibitions in Florence
Web Gallery of Art
Ghirlandaio in Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery 
Ghirlandaio's Cappella Sassetti Frescoes 
Where to find Ghirlandaio's works in Florence

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