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Ghirlandaio

American  
[geer-lahn-dah-yaw] / ˌgir lɑnˈdɑ jɔ /
Or Ghirlandajo

noun

  1. Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, 1449–94, Italian painter.


Ghirlandaio British  
/ ɡirlanˈdaːjo /

noun

  1. Domenico (doˈmeːniko). original name Domenico Bigordi. 1449–94, Italian painter of frescoes

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“There’s no radar, no navigation systems in place,” said Ghirlandaio Jailani Wafa, a top aviation official at the Kabul airport.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2021

Born in 1475 into a line of minor Florentine nobility, he entered the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio as a pupil-apprentice at age 13.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2017

With authentic patterns and colors for the fabrics, hats, headdresses and cloaks, the ballet's images of Verona seem to emerge from paintings by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2014

Inside the house Craig-Martin has curated a series of 12 head portraits from Chatsworth's vast collection of old master drawings including drawings by Hans Holbein, Annibale Carracci and Ghirlandaio.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2014

Neither did Ghirlandaio get his extra two hundred gold pieces, for although Giovanni was delighted with the frescoes he never paid the price he had promised.

From Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters by Steedman, Amy

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