Orcagna
St. Matthew and Scenes from His Life

Florentine painter, sculptor and architect, Andrea Orcagna was charged in 1367 by the Arte del Cambio to paint a triptych to hang on a pillar of Orsanmichele's church: it had to represent Saint Matthew, the gild's patron. Completed by the artist's brother, Jacopo di Cione, the picture includes four scenes from Saint Matthew's mission in Ethiopia: on the left the enchanters' dragons and the proposal of marriage to Ephigenia; on the right the raising of the king's son and the assassination.

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