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Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, Madrid - Ghirlandaio and Renaissance Florence - October 2010
Domenico Ghirlandaio (Florence, 1448/49–1494). Adoration of the Magi,
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Domenico Ghirlandaio
We will visit an exhibition dedicated to Domenico Ghirlandaio at the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Palacio de Villahermosa, Paseo del Prado 8
Madrid, 28014 on Saturday, October 9, 2010.
Here are the arrangements:
- Saturday, October 9, 2010. We will meet in the cafeteria on the ground floor as from 11.30 for coffee and a 12.00 start. Look for the Advance Communication logo. I will be holding it.
- Book your ticket online for the 12.00 session. It's easy to do: Online ticket purchase . Ghirlandaio.
Do not wait until the last minute. There is a limited number of tickets per session.
- The visit will finish between 13.00/13.30 followed by an optional early lunch/snack in the Cafeteria to mix and talk, in English! Don't worry about English levels for anyone you want to invite. We can all help with translations.
Please let me know by email before Tuesday, October 6, 18.00 if you will be coming.
Domenico Ghirlandio (1449 – 11 January 1494) Watch this video introduction was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Among his many apprentices was Michelangelo.
Ghirlandaio's full name is given as Domenico di Tommaso di Currado di Doffo Bigordi. The occupation of his father Tommaso Bigordi and his uncle Antonio in 1451 was given as "'setaiuolo a minuto,' that is, dealers of silks and related objects in small quantities." He was the eldest of six children born to Tommaso Bigordi by his first wife Mona Antonia; of these, only Domenico and his brothers and collaborators Davide and Benedetto survived childhood. Tommaso had two more children by his second wife, also named Antonia, whom he married in 1464. Domenico's half-sister Alessandra (b. 1475) married the painter Bastiano Mainardi in 1494. You can read more about Ghirlandaio here: Wikipedia: Domenico Ghirlandaio.
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