Benedetto Ghirlandaio (1458–1497) was an Italian (Florentine) painter. His brothers

Davide Ghirlandaio Davide Ghirlandaio (1452–1525), also known as David Ghirlandaio and as Davide Bigordi, was an Italian painter and mosaicist, active in his native Florence. His brothers Benedetto Ghirlandaio (1458–1497) and Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–149 ...

(1452–1525) and

Domenico Ghirlandaio Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (, , ; 2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of ...

(1449–1494) were both painters, as was his nephew

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Ridolfo di Domenico Bigordi, better known as Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (14 February 1483 – 6 June 1561) was an Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Florence. He was the son of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Biography He was born in Florence. Since he ...

(1483–1561). From 1486 until 1493 he was active in France, where survives his only extant signed painting, an altarpiece of the ''Nativity'' at Nôtre-Dame in Aigueperse (

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.Auvergne Auvergne (; ; oc, label=Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auverg ...

). Benedetto died in Florence on 17 July 1497.

References

* Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986. *

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...

, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghirlandaio, Benedetto 1458 births 1497 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Renaissance painters