Domenico Ghirlandaio
Tornabuoni Chapel — Michelangelo's teacher
The great fresco painter of late Quattrocento Florence and the master in whose workshop the young Michelangelo learned his craft. The Tornabuoni Chapel frescoes in Santa Maria Novella are a panorama of Florentine high society dressed as biblical characters — art history as social record.
Key works
- Tornabuoni Chapel frescoes1485-1490— Florence's elite as biblical figuresSanta Maria Novella, Florence
- Last Supper (Ognissanti)1480— Predecessor to Leonardo's versionOgnissanti, Florence