Andrea Orcagna
Paintings
Christ conferring authority upon St. Peter and St. Thomas Aquinas.—Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella.
They call Death in Vain. Fragment from ruined fresco of the Triumph of Death.—Santa Croce.
Upper part of Fresco of Last Judgment.—Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella.
Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – August 25, 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. A student of Andrea Pisano as well as Giotto di Bondone, his younger brothers Jacopo di Cione and Nardo di Cione were also artists. The di Cione (pronounced dee choh’ nay) brothers often worked collaboratively.
Works
Orcagna's works include:
"Altarpiece of the Redeemer" (1354–57) in the Strozzi Chapel
Santa Maria Novella
The tabernacle in Orsanmichele (finished 1359) which was regarded as "the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic".[1]
His fresco The Triumph of Death inspired Franz Liszt's masterwork Totentanz.
The mosaic decoration and the rose window of the cathedral of Orvieto is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359.
Pupil
Among Orcagna's pupils is 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.[2]
References
"Orcagna". Catholic Encyclopedia.
Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 586.
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