GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

Study of Two Women

c. 1486
Ink on paper, 260 x 170 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This preliminary study (for the Zacharias Writes Down the Name of his Son in the Cappella Tornabuoni of the Santa Maria Novella in Florence) shows how carefully Ghirlandaio studied the play of light and the folds of the garments. Clearly visible is his characteristic use crosshatching in his drawings.