Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

Italian painter (1483-1561)

In the history of art, Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio as Italian painter (1483-1561).

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio was born at Florence in 1483.

This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.

He worked as painter.

Among his best-known works are Portrait of a Woman, called "The Nun", Allegory and Bigallo Altarpiece. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio died in 1561, aged 78. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.

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