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Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

Header: Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio
Also known as: Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio; primary name: Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio; other name: Ridolfo, Michele di; other name: Tosini, Michele
Details: individual; Florentine; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1503-1577
Biography: Draughtsman. Michele Tosini, called Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio. Florence 1503 - Florence 1577. Pupil, first of Lorenzo di Credi (1456 or 1459-1537), and then of Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, with whom he collaborated. He participated in the decorations erected in Florence to celebrate the triumphal entry into Florence of Emperor Charles V in 1539 and the wedding of Francesco de' Medici in 1565. His drawings are rare: in 1670 Baldinucci listed only one in the Medici collections.
Bibliography: Turner, Florentine Drawings of the Sixteenth Century, London, 1986

Museum number: Pp,2.101 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Antonio SoglianiFormerly attributed to:Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio |
Production date: 1517-1544

Museum number: 1946,0713.34 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio di Donnino del MazziereFormerly attributed to:Francesco Bacchiacca |
Production date: 1497-1547