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 GHIULANDAJO local features are used to set off groups of figures conceived in a spirit of noble real- ism ; the compositions are formed in the spirit of Masaccio ; the heads, many of them portraits, are drawn with the accurate and faithful pencil of a Holbein. In the por- traits of the donors, Francesco Sassetti and his wife Nava, Ghirlandajo equalled the great Gentian master in truth, in character, and in modelling. The altarpiece of this chapel, an Adoration of the Shf/thenlx (1485), is now in the Florence Academy. Even more im- portant than the frescos at S. Trinita are those of the Life of the Vinjin (14!)0) in the choir of S. M. Novella. Among them, the Birth of the Virgin is a typical example of Ghirlaudajo's style. Of the former altar- piece of this chapel, the Munich Gallery pos- sesses the Madonna appearing to St. Domi- nic and other Saints, together with side- panels of Saints Catherine and Laurence ; and the Berlin Museum the Resurrection of Christ and Saints. Other works by Ghir- landajo are, a Madonna with Saints, and a predella, sacristy of S. Martino, Lucca ; Ma- donna with Saints and Adoration of the Mniji (1487), Adoration of Xhi-phenl* (1485, t r |1!/i), Florence ; Minion na with Saints, Academy, ib. ; Adoration of the Mayi (1488), Chapel of the Hospital of the Innocent!, ib.; (Jliri.--/ in Glory, Palazzo Publico, Volterra ; Vinitiitimi (1491), Louvre ; St. Anthony, New York Museum. C. it C'., Italy, ii. 459; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 25:?, 27!) ; Dohme, 2i. GHIRLANDAJO, RIDOLFO MFGORDI called, born in Flor- ence, Feb. 14, 1488, died there in 1561. Florentine school ; son of Domenico ; brought up under guardianship of his uncle, David. Vasari says he studied under Fra Bartolom- meo, but he was prob- ably most indebted for guidance in art to Granacci, Piero di Cosi- ! ino, and perhaps Rosselli. His Procession of Christ and the Marys to Calvary, in Pa- lazzo Antinori a S. Gaetano, Florence, and his Coronation of the Virgin (1504), Louvre, arc among his earliest works. Later works show the influence of Fra Bartolommeo and of Raphael, as the Nativity, Berlin Museum; Nativity, Kszterha/.y Collection, Vienna; and a predella in the Oratory of Bigallo, Flor- ence. Raphael had great esteem for his talent, and vainly tried to persuade him to join him in Rome in 1508, as Ridolfo was satisfied with his success in Florence. His skill reached its highest point in his richlv- coloured, well-composed, and expressive St. /(iiKtliiii* raising a Dead Child, and the Bur- ial of St. Ziinuliitix, rili/.i, Florence. His Madonna dropping her Girdle to St. Thom- as is in the church at Prato, and M. della Misericord ia in S. Felice, Florence. Ridoll'o became the most noted painter of his time in Florence, where lie executed manv com- missions for the Medici. C. C., Italy, iii. 518 ; Vasari, ed. I,e Mon., i. 284 ; Mar- chesi. ii. 141 ; Cli. Illanc, Kcole tlorentine. GHISOLFI (Grisolli), GIOVANNI, born in Milan in l(i:!2, died there in l(>s:!. Ro- man school ; architecture, landscape, and history painter, pupil in Rome of Salvator Rosa; esteemed as a painter of architecture, he devoted himself after his return to Milan to large histories and altarpieces, and ex- ecuted frescos for the Certosa of Pavia and the Santuario of Varese. Works : Ruins of Carthage, Ruins of Splendid Buildings, Ships in a Seaport, Dresden Museum ; Ruins (2), National Gallery, Edinburgh. GIACOMELLI, HECTOR, born in Paris of foreign parents; contemporary. Bird and (lower painter in water-colours. L. of Honour, 1878. Works : Birds and Flowers (1878, 187!)); Wounded (187!)); Perch in a Cage, Farniente (188:?). GIACOMOTTI, FHLIX HENRI, born at Quingey (Doubs), Nov. 18, 1828. French school ; genre and portrait painter, pupil of Picot and the Kcole des Beaux Arts ; won the grand prix de Rome in 1854. In 185!) he sent to the Salon his portraits of Edniond 13:)