Detail; Massacre of the Innocents, c. 1486-90
Fresco
Width 450 cm
Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Domenico Ghirlandaio (2 June 1448–11 January 1494), was the eldest of eight children. He was at first apprenticed to his father, who was a goldsmith. Domenico made portraits of the passers-by and visitors to his father’s shop. He was eventually apprenticed in Florence to Andrea del Verrocchio. He maintained a close association with other Florentine painters including Botticelli and with the Umbrian painter Perugino…
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