Orcagna

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. His Strozzi Altarpiece (1354–1357) is noted as defining a new role for Christ as a source of Catholic doctrine and papal authority, as central figure enthroned actively handing out the (Dominican, or generally the Mendicant theology to Thomas Aquinas, and the keys of the church to St.

Training under Andrea Pisano and Giotto is recorded. Master of the Ashmolean Predella is recorded as having studied under Orcagna. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence. Works named in the authority record are Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus and Fragments of frescos from the Basilica of Santa Croce (Florence). Work by Orcagna is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum, Palazzo Vecchio and Museum Catharijneconvent.

Orcagna's works include: • Fresco of Saint Anne calling the citizens of Florence to arms against the tyrant Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Duke of Athens, formerly in the Stinche Prison (c. 1343), a huge circular painting with a truthful depiction of the Palazzo Vecchio, where it is displayed today. • Altarpiece of the Redeemer (1354–1357) in the Strozzi di Mantova Chapel at Santa Maria Novella, Florence • The tabernacle in Orsanmichele (1352–1359) • The mosaic decoration and the design for the rose window of the cathedral of Orvieto is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359. • His fresco of the Crucifixion with a multitude of angels surrounding the cross, portrayed on a dark background and a few fragments of the Last Supper (1365).

Among Orcagna's pupils and legacy were: • Nello di Vanni, a Pisan painter of the 14th century, who also worked for the Campo Santo. Nello di Vanni is conjectured to be identical with Bernardo Nello or Giovanni Falcone. • Tommaso del Mazza, called Tomasso di Marco by Giorgio Vasari. • Jacopo di Cione, brother of Andrea and mainly sculptor and architect.