GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

Zacharias Writes Down the Name of his Son (detail)

1486-90
Fresco
Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

The two women standing to one side on the right are part of Ghirlandaio's typical wealth of figures. They are less "stopgaps" to balance the composition than an opportunity for Ghirlandaio to present variations on the theme of "standing female figure". He carefully prepared these robed figures in a preparatory study.




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