1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after the Marriage of the Virgin, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence) is a 1850 watercolor by Domenico Ghirlandaio, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a wedding scene inside a church. The bride and groom stand in the center, surrounded by guests. The bride wears a red dress, and the groom has a blue robe. Above them, angels float near an arched window, while other people below hold hands or look on. The artist copied an older fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, but this version was made much later in watercolor. Notice how the figures’ faces and fabrics have soft shadows—this helps them look three-dimensional. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
A watercolour depicts a group of figures in an ornately decorated interior with columns, where an elderly man in the center joins the hands of a woman and a man, representing the Virgin and Saint Joseph. The scene corresponds to the Marriage of the Virgin as depicted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel. The work was produced by Cesare Mariannecci as a copy for the Arundel Society and later acquired by the National Gallery of London in 1995.
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Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio (also spelt as Ghirlandajo), was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence.
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