Andrea da Firenze

The first evidence from the life of Andrea Bonaiuti dates to January 1346, when he was registered in Florence in the Arte dei Medici e Speziali, or the guild of doctors and pharmacists. His surviving works on panel include 26 triptychs, polyptychs, fragmentary panels, as well as a crucifix and a processional banner. His two major fresco cycles are in the Chapter House, the so-called Spanish Chapel, of Santa Maria Novella of Florence (c. 1365) and in the Camposanto of Pisa (1376/77-79). The Spanish Chapel frescoes are generally believed to glorify the Dominican Order, although the cycle's...