Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio ( born February 4, 1483 Florence, † January 6, 1561 ) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school.

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Domenico Ghirlandaio's son, was at first his father's pupil, then his uncle Davide Ghirlandaio Bigordi and probably by Francesco Granacci. The maturity of his style, he reached but only under the direction of Fra Bartolommeo, what later came the influence of Raphael, with whom he was friends.

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio died on June 6, 1561 at the age of 78 years in Florence.

Work

  • ?: The train of Christ with the Virgin Mary to Calvary, Florence, Pal. Antinori
  • 1504: The Coronation of the Virgin, Paris, Musee du Louvre

The influenced by Bartolommeo and Raphael paintings Ghirlandajo regarded as his most successful. There are, inter alia:

  • ?: The Adoration of the Christ Child, Berlin, Museum
  • 1510: The Adoration of the Shepherds, oil on panel, 148 x 132 cm, Budapest, State Gallery
  • ?: Assumption of Mary, Prato Cathedral
  • ? The Holy Zenobius, a boy awakening, Florence, Uffizi Gallery
  • ?: The Burial of Saint Zenobius, Florence, Uffizi Gallery

Among the works of his later period noted:

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