The Art of Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) was born Domenico di Curradi di Bigordi. He was nicknamed after the golden garland necklaces made by his father. Ghirlandaio was a religious painter first and foremost and was also one of the most popular and proficient portrait painters of the 15th century in Florence. (Ghirlandaio, Domenico. Giovanna Tornabuoni nee Albizzi. c. 1488. oil on panel.