Orcagna
Sign in to saveAlso known as Andrea di Cione Orcagna, Andrea di Cione Orgagna, Andrea Di Cione Orgagna, Orgagna, Andrea Di Cione Arcagnuolo, Andrea Di Cione Orcagna, Arcagnuoulo, Andrea di Cione Arcagnuolo
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Andrea di Cione, also known as Andrea Orcagna or Andrea Orgagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. Born and deceased in Florence, he worked in the field of visual arts from 1344 until 1368. He studied under Andrea Pisano and Giotto. His siblings were Jacopo di Cione, Nardo di Cione, and Matteo di Cione.
His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, and the Palazzo Vecchio. He is described in sources including the *Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste*, *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects*, the *Schilder-boeck*, and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- active 1343
- Died
- 1368
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Les chefs-d'oeuvre de Andréa Orcagna
- The masterpieces of Andrea Orcagna (1308? - 1368), Lorenzo Monaco (c. 1370-1425) and Masolino (1384 - after 1435)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Florence
- Place of death
- Florence
- Sibling
- Matteo di Cione
- Occupation
- poet
- Student of
- Giotto
- Field of work
- visual arts
- Image
- Vite de più eccellenti pittori scultori ed architetti (1767) (14761303956).jpg
- Work location
- Florence
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- Commons category
- Andrea Orcagna
- date of birth
- 1308-00-00
- date of death
- 1368-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Andrea Orcagna
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- start of work period
- 1344-01-01
- end of work period
- 1368-01-01
- name
- Andrea Orgagna
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Works in European collections
22 objects attributed to Orcagna, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Works
- Pupils
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=0.7|Statue of Andrea Orcagna on the Piazzale degli Uffizi in Florence carved by Niccolò Bazzanti|alt=Statue of Andrea Orcagna in the Uffizi outside gallery in Florence carved by Niccolò Bazzanti at Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio Art Gallery, Forence thumb|upright=0.9|Strozzi family|Strozzi Altarpiece (1354–1357), [[Santa Maria Novella, Florence]] thumb|upright=0.9|Tabernacle of Orsanmichele (1352–1359)
Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), 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. 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.
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