Tag: Domenico Ghirlandaio

• This amazing digital age: sampling paintings

  

  It was not that long ago that it was prohibited to take photographs in art galleries like the National Gallery. The reason given was that flash light was harmful to the paintings. Even though flash could be turned off! Fortunately, that policy changed in 2014 for the National Gallery (earlier for some other galleries), although…

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  August 18, 2025

  Travel

  Art, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Leonardo de Vicnci, London, National Gallery, painting, paintings, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Raphael, Renaissance art

• An unexpected treasure

  

  I stumbled across this gorgeous painting, almost by chance in Florence. I popped into this church – Santa Trinita – on a whim to have a quick look around. I noticed that the people inside were congregating around one painting in a small chapel (Sassetti Chapel) to the right of the altar. The main painting…

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  March 19, 2015

  Italy, Travel

  Adoration of the Shepherds, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Florence, Santa Trinita