Numerous works on wood complete the career of Ghirlandaio, who was known above all as a fresco painter. They are works which again emphasize his abilities as a colourist, the harmonious pleasantness of his composition, and his faithfulness to certain models of his time and his school.

Ghirlandaio's greatest achievement was the decoration of mainly private chapels with monumental frescoes. That was what he was famous for and why he was in demand. But the furnishings of a chapel also included an altarpiece, and normally this would consist of an altar painting. The altarpieces normally found in Gothic art, consisting of several individual panels, with images painted on a gold background, had largely disappeared by Ghirlandaio's time. A new type of altarpiece had become common: the square panel. Though many of Ghirlandaio's motifs were influenced by Flemish panel paintings, he did not adopt their new technique of painting with oils, but continued to work predominantly with tempera throughout his life. The commission for the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinità included a panel painting for the altar of the chapel, while that for the Tornabuoni Chapel a panel painting for the main altar in the church of Santa Maria Novella - the Pala Tornabuoni - and its rear panel facing the apsidal chapel. The altarpiece with the Adoration of the Shepherds from above the altar in the Sassetti Chapel can still be worshipped in its original location, but the ensemble in the Tornabuoni Chapel was dismembered in 1816. The main altar painting is now in Munich, while the rear panel, the Resurrection of Christ is now in Berlin. Another important panel painting, the Adoration of the Magi in the Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence is displayed on separate pages this Gallery.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints c. 1479 Tempera on wood, 170 x 160 cm Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca	907*980 True Color 154 Kb
	Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (detail) c. 1483 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	941*925 True Color 170 Kb
	Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints c. 1483 Tempera on wood, 191 x 200 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1016*960 True Color 187 Kb
	St John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos 1480-85 Tempera on panel, diameter 76 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1070*1073 True Color 139 Kb
	St John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos (detail) 1480-85 Tempera on panel Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	900*1162 True Color 192 Kb
	Coronation of the Virgin 1486 Tempera on wood, 330 x 230 cm Palazzo Comunale, Narni	873*1026 True Color 178 Kb
	Coronation of the Virgin 1486 Tempera on wood Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello	794*1100 True Color 165 Kb
	Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels and Saints c. 1486 Tempera on wood,168 x 197 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1015*860 True Color 127 Kb
	Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels and Saints (detail) c. 1486 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	748*1102 True Color 134 Kb
	Adoration of the Magi 1487 Tempera on wood, diameter 171 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1323*1300 True Color 210 Kb
	Adoration of the Magi 1487 Tempera on wood, diameter 171 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1300*1237 True Color 284 Kb
	Adoration of the Magi (detail) 1487 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	996*1000 True Color 234 Kb
	Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni 1488 Tempera on wood, 76 x 50 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	800*1273 True Color 109 Kb
	Portrait of a Lady c. 1490 Tempera, oil, and gold on panel, 56 x 38 cm The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown	1026*1538 True Color 261 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Woman - Tempera on wood, 44 x 32 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon	1000*1296 True Color 130 Kb
	An Old Man and His Grandson c. 1490 Tempera on wood, 62 x 46 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1000*1350 True Color 174 Kb
	Visitation c. 1491 Tempera on wood, 172 x 165 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	889*907 True Color 116 Kb
	Christ in Heaven with Four Saints and a Donor c 1492 Tempera on wood, 308 x 199 cm Pinacoteca Comunale, Volterra	750*1136 True Color 137 Kb
	The Nativity c. 1492 Tempera on wood, 45 x 42 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican	950*992 True Color 183 Kb
	Madonna in Glory with Saints 1490-96 Tempera on wood, 221 x 198 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	850*950 True Color 173 Kb
	St Catherine of Siena and St Lawrence 1490-98 Tempera on wood Alte Pinakothek, Munich	812*1150 True Color 185 Kb
	St Stephen 1490-94 Tempera on wood, 191 x 56 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	556*2030 True Color 167 Kb
	St Stephen (detail) 1490-94 Tempera on wood, 191 x 56 cm (full painting) Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	762*884 True Color 170 Kb
	Adoration of the Child - Tempera on wood, diameter 90 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan	960*950 True Color 91 Kb
	Annunciation 1489-90 Mosaic Porta della Mandorla, Duomo, Florence	1030*779 True Color 175 Kb
	Francesco Sassetti and His Son Teodoro II c. 1490 Tempera on wood, 76 x 53 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	900*1294 True Color 145 Kb
	Nativity c. 1492 Tempera on panel, 85 x 63 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge	611*850 True Color 86 Kb