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Orcagna

1315 - 1368

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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 Strozzi Altarpiece (1354–57) is noted as defining a new role for Christ as a source of Catholic doctrine and papal authority. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orcagna is the 438th most popular painter (down from 383rd in 2019), the 1,333rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 115th most popular Italian Painter.

Orcagna is most famous for his frescoes in the Orvieto Cathedral.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Orcagna ranks 438 out of 2,023. Before him are Godfrey Kneller, Gino Severini, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, James Tissot, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, and Hannah Höch. After him are Heinz Linge, Max Klinger, Marie Laurencin, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Sigmar Polke, and Hubert Robert.

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Among people born in 1315, Orcagna ranks 3. Before him are Empress Gi, and Bonne of Luxembourg. After him are Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, Étienne Marcel, James III of Majorca, Chunghye of Goryeo, Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond, Muhammad IV of Granada, Basil of Trebizond, Constanza Manuel, and Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1368, Orcagna ranks 3. Before him are Ibn Battuta, and Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. After him are Guy de Chauliac, Emperor Go-Murakami, Blanche of Lancaster, Ilyas Khoja, and Marco Cornaro.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Orcagna ranks 1,333 out of 5,161. Before him are Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783), Umberto Tozzi (1952), Giuseppe Conte (1964), Bernabò Visconti (1323), and Benedict the Moor (1526). After him are Ascanio Sforza (1455), Paula of Rome (347), Agrippa Postumus (-12), Simon of Sicily (1093), Verres (-120), and Renata Scotto (1934).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Orcagna ranks 115. Before him are Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Federico Zuccari (1539), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Fede Galizia (1578), Carlo Levi (1902), and Gino Severini (1883). After him are Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727), Piero Manzoni (1933), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Cima da Conegliano (1459), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), and Cristofano Allori (1577).

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