Gothic Art
 

SCULPTURE
 

Lorenzo Maitani

Italian sculptor and architect
(b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1330, Orvieto)

 

The first documentary reference to him occurs in a Sienese catasto (land registry declaration) of 1290. He was appointed universalis caput magister of Orvieto Cathedral in a contract drawn up on 16 September 1310, which required him to supervise the construction of the cathedral, as well as oversee the town’s bridges and other civic structures. He spent the last two decades of his life at Orvieto, apart from a few periods of service elsewhere as an architectural consultant.
 

Facade of the Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
 

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
First Pillar: Stories of the Genesis (detail)
1310-30
Marble

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
First Pillar: Stories of the Genesis (detail)
1310-30
Marble

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
Fourth Pillar: The Last Judgment (detail)
1310-30
Marble

he Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
Fourth Pillar: The Last Judgment (detail)
1310-30
Marble

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
Second Pillar: The Messianic Phrophesies (detail)
1310-30
Marble

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
Third Pillar: Stories of the New Testament (detail)
1310-30
Marble

The Cathedral, Duomo, Orvieto
1310 - 1330
Madonna and Child
Marble