# Portrait of Christopher Columbus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GHIRLANDAIO, Ridolfo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Panel ## Commentary Christopher Columbus \(c. 1450-1506\) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Annunciation]() - [Cappella dei Priori]() - [Holy Family with Sts Francis and Jerome]() - [Portrait of a Gentleman]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Woman, called "The Nun"]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Portrait of an Old Man]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()