Ridolfo ghirlandaio biography of mahatma gandhi

Italian painter (–)

Ridolfo di Domenico Bigordi, better known as Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (14 February – 6 June ) was an Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Florence.

He was the son of Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Biography

He was born in Florence.

Ridolfo ghirlandaio biography of mahatma gandhi

Since he was eleven years old when his father died, Ridolfo was brought up by his uncle Davide Ghirlandaio, also a painter. Vasari states that he received further training under Fra Bartolomeo.

His works painted between and show a marked influence from Fra Bartolomeo and Raphael, with whom he was friends.

Raphael asked Ridolfo to join him in Rome in , but the Florentine painter stayed. In Florence, he became one of the most prominent painters of altarpieces, frescoes, and portraits, many of which survive. He was also the head of a thriving workshop whose pupils included Michele Tosini (also known as Michele di Ridolfo), Domenico Puligo, Bartolomeo Ghetti, Antonio del Ceraiolo, Toto del Nunziata, Mariano G