Drawings
by Domenico GHIRLANDAIO

Ghirlandaio made preparatory drawings for his frescoes. The crosshatching and strong contours were typical of his style of drawing.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Confirmation of the Rule
c. 1483
Ink drawing on paper, 249 x 370 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1110*750
True Color
183 Kb



Study
c. 1486
Pen and ink on white paper, 219 x 168 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

800*1055
True Color
180 Kb



Study
c. 1486
Ink on paper, 260 x 170 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1060*780
True Color
179 Kb



Study of Two Women
c. 1486
Ink on paper, 260 x 170 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

627*980
True Color
167 Kb



Study of garments
c. 1491
Brush drawing on paper, 290 x 130 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

526*1200
True Color
115 Kb



Bust-Length Woman Wearing a Coif
1489-90
Black chalk on cream-coloured paper, 366 x 221 mm
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth

669*1100
True Color
146 Kb



Head of an Old Woman Wearing a Hood
1489-90
Metalpoint on salmon-pink prepared paper heightened with white, 231 x 184 mm
Royal Library, Windsor

713*900
True Color
106 Kb




Summary of works by Ghirlandaio
1. Early works (1471-73)
2. Stories of St Fina at San Gimignano (1473-75)
3. Frescoes in Florence and Rome (1480-84)
4. Last Supper scenes
5. Decoration of the Sassetti Chapel (1482-85)
6. Frescoes in the Tornabuoni Chapel (1486-89)
7. Panel paintings
8. Adoration of the Magi (1488)
9. Drawings