The Tabernacle of Orcagna

The Oxford Dictionary defines tabernacle as “a place of worship for some groups of Christians” (Hornby 1559). It can also be a niche for a statue or a relic.

The Tabernacle of Orcagna is in the guild oratory of the Church of Or SanMichele in Florence.

The Confraternity of Orsanmichelle instructed Andrea Orcagna to design a shrine to protect and honor the painting Madonna and Child, painted by Bernardo Daddi. He created a marble tabernacle encrusted with gold and glass mosaics and with decoration and painting in the gothic style. In a number of reliefs, scenes from the life of the Virgin are shown, and the major, large relief on the back depicts the Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin. On that large relief, Orcagna signed and dated his work; he completed the tabernacle in 1359.

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