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Orcagna

Italian painter · Italy · On the map · Artists · Lived 1315 to 1368 · aged 53

Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the façade at the Orvieto Cathedral.

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His monumental marble tabernacle (1352-1359), commissioned by the confraternity of Orsanmichele to protect the Maestà by Bernardo Daddi (1347) at Orsanmichele, was immediately praised. 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.

Country
Italy
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1315 to 1368 · aged 53