Ghirlandajo

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) IL. DOMENICO CURRADI, nick-named Il Ghirlandajo ("the garland-maker"), an Italian painter; born in Florence, Italy, in 1449. As a youth he was apprenticed to a goldsmith, and it was not until his 31st year that he became known as a painter. He painted principally frescoes, The Church and in his native city. Ognisanti there contains from his hand a "St. Jerome" and a "Last Supper" (1480); the Palazzo Vecchio, the "Apotheosis of St. Zenobius" (1481-1485); the church of St. Trinità, six subjects from the life of St. Francis (1485) and an altar-piece, the "Adoration of the Shepherds"; the choir of St. Maria Novella, a series illustrating the lives of the Virgin and the Baptist (1490). Between 1482 and 1484 he painted for Pope Sixtus IV., in the Sistine Chapel at Rome, the excellent fresco "Christ Calling Peter and Andrew," and about the same time two pictures in the chapel of St. Fina at San Gimignano. Besides these he also executed some easel pictures of great merit, as "Adoration of the Magi" (1488), in the church of the Innocents at Florence; the "Visitation of the Virgin" (1491), in the Louvre; the "Adoration of the Virgin by the Saints," in the Uffizi at Florence; and "Christ in Glory," at Volterra. He also executed mosaics, that of the "Annunciation" in the cathedral of Florence being especially celebrated. He died in Florence, Italy, Jan. 11, 1494. GHÛR (gör), or GHORE (gōr), a mountainous district of western Afghanistan, lying S. E. from Herât and N. W. from Kandahar; inhabited by Hazaras and Eimaks , and since 1845 has been included in the territory of Herât.