Italian painter, sculptor and architect (c. 1308–1368)
Statue of Andrea Orcagna on the Piazzale degli Uffizi in Florence carved byNiccolò BazzantiStrozzi Altarpiece (1354–1357),Santa Maria Novella, FlorenceTabernacle of Orsanmichele (1352–1359)
Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known asOrcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active inFlorence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the façade at the Orvieto Cathedral.[1] His monumental marbletabernacle (1352–1359), commissioned by theconfraternity of Orsanmichele to protect theMaestà byBernardo Daddi (1347) atOrsanmichele, was immediately praised.[2] The tabernacle, executed according to his design with the assistance of a team of selected sculptors and masons, included 117 figural sculptures or reliefs as part of a domed structure.[3]
Fresco of Saint Anne calling the citizens of Florence to arms against the tyrantWalter VI, Count of Brienne, Duke of Athens, formerly in theStinche Prison (c. 1343), a huge circular painting with a truthful depiction of thePalazzo Vecchio, where it is displayed today.
Altarpiece of the Redeemer (1354–1357) in the Strozzi di Mantova Chapel atSanta Maria Novella, Florence
Themosaic decoration and the design for therose window of thecathedral of Orvieto is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359.
His fresco of theCrucifixion with a multitude of angels surrounding the cross, portrayed on a dark background and a few fragments of the Last Supper (1365).[6]
Nello di Vanni, aPisan painter of the 14th century, who also worked for theCampo Santo. Nello di Vanni is conjectured to be identical with Bernardo Nello or Giovanni Falcone.[7]
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^Millard Meiss (1978) [1951]. "I. The New Form and Content: Orcagna's Altarpiece".Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death. The Arts, Religion, and Society in the Mid-Fourteenth Century (4 ed.). Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press. pp. 9 ff.ISBN0-691-00312-2.
