orig. Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi
born 1449, Florence
died Jan. 11, 1494, Florence
Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, active in Florence.
He trained with Alesso Baldovinetti . In 148182 he painted several frescoes, including the Calling of Sts. Peter and Andrew in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. His greatest fresco cycle, commissioned by an agent of the Medici , was painted in the choir of Santa Maria Novella in Florence (148590); depicting scenes from the lives of the Virgin and St. John the Baptist in contemporary dress against detailed patrician interiors, it has become a major source of current knowledge on the furnishings of a late 15th-century Florentine palace. With his two brothers he directed one of the most prosperous workshops in Florence; they also produced numerous altarpieces. His finest portrait is The Old Man and His Grandson ( 0441; 148090).