Domenico Ghirlandaio
Blended contemporary life with religious narratives
Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, proffesionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called "third generation" of the Florentine Renaissance, along with Verrocchio, the Pollaiolo brothers and Sandro Botticelli. Ghirlandaio led a large and efficient workshop that included his brothers Davide Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio, his brother-in-law Bastiano Mainardi from San Gimignano, and later his son Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. Many apprentices passed through Ghirlandaio’s workshop, including the famous Michelangelo. Ghirlandaio’s particular talent lay in his ability to posit depictions of contemporary life and portraits of contemporary people within the context of religious narratives, bringing him great popularity and many large commissions.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Michelangelo Student
- Bartolomeo di Giovanni Student
- Francesco Granacci Student
Fellow student
Influenced
Parent child
- Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Child
Siblings
- Davide Ghirlandaio Unknown
Artworks by this artist (8 total)
- Lucrezia Tornabuoni c. 1475
- Copy of a Roman Statue of a Seated Woman second half of 15th century
- Madonna and Child c. 1470-1475
- Young Man between 1448 and 1494
- Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni 1488
- An Old Man and His Grandson circa 1490
- Portrait Of A Lady c. 1490
- The birth of the Virgin in an initial H 1475 - 1499