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Domenico Ghirlandaio
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Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 - January 11, 1494) was a renowned Florentine Renaissance painter, a contemporary of Botticelli and Filippino Lippi. His many apprentices included Michelangelo.

Ghirlandaio's full name is given as Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi; it appears, therefore, that his father's surname was Curradi and his grandfather's Bigordi. Domenico, the eldest of eight children, was at first apprenticed to a jeweller or a goldsmith, most likely his own father. The nickname "Il Ghirlandaio" (garland-maker) came to Domenico from his father, a goldsmith who was renowned for creating the metallic garland-like necklaces worn by Florentine women. In his father's shop, Domenico is said to have made portraits of the passers-by, and he was eventually apprenticed to Alessio Baldovinetti to study painting and mosaic.


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Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julian c... - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julian c...
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 2) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 2) 1482-85
St Stephen 1490-94 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Stephen 1490-94
St Jerome in his Study 1480 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Jerome in his Study 1480
Last Supper (detail 3) 1480 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Last Supper (detail 3) 1480
St Jerome c. 1471 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Jerome c. 1471
Confirmation Of The Rule 1483 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Confirmation Of The Rule 1483
Portrait Of The Donor Giovanni Tornabuoni - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Portrait Of The Donor Giovanni Tornabuoni
St Barbara Crushing her Infidel Father, with a Kneeling... - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Barbara Crushing her Infidel Father, with a Kneeling...
St Catherine of Siena and St Lawrence 1490-98 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Catherine of Siena and St Lawrence 1490-98
Renunciation of Worldly Goods 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Renunciation of Worldly Goods 1482-85
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (detail) c... - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (detail) c...
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 3) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 3) 1482-85
Renunciation of Worldly Goods (detail 2) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Renunciation of Worldly Goods (detail 2) 1482-85
Decoration of the Sala del Gigli (detail) 1482-84 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Decoration of the Sala del Gigli (detail) 1482-84
Resurrection of the Boy (detail 1) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Resurrection of the Boy (detail 1) 1482-85
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 5) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Confirmation of the Rule (detail 5) 1482-85
St Luke The Evangelist - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Luke The Evangelist
Obsequies of St Fina (detail) 1473-75 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Obsequies of St Fina (detail) 1473-75
St John The Evangelist - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St John The Evangelist
St Antony c. 1471 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Antony c. 1471
St Matthew The Evangelist - Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Matthew The Evangelist
Stigmata of St Francis (detail 2) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Stigmata of St Francis (detail 2) 1482-85
Resurrection of the Boy (detail 2) 1482-85 - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Resurrection of the Boy (detail 2) 1482-85
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