1485, Paris, Musée du Louvre photo credit: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NYįrancesco Sassetti (1421–1490) and His Son Teodoro, ca. Portrait of an Old Man and a Boy, oil on panel, c. His brothers Davide and Benedetto and son Ridolfo were active as painters in Florence through the middle of the 16th century.
Though Vasari characterized him as unconcerned with financial affairs, documents reveal that he was a shrewd businessman with considerable material wealth and property. Cadogan argues that Ghirlandaio was a pivotal figure in the transformation of the artist from medieval artisan to Renaissance genius. Domenico led one of the busiest workshops in late fifteenth-century Florence, producing portraits, altarpieces, and narrative frescoes for the city’s leading patrons. Jean Cadogan is probably happiest exploring the streets, churches and museums of Florence on an early summer.
Domenico Ghirlandaio died on 11 January 1494 in Florence.
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