Career
Orlandi was active in Lucca and Pisa between 1284 and 1315. He primarily painted religious-themed works on commissions for churches. Some of his works show a Byzantine art style, and an influence of Giotto can also be seen.
He painted frescos for the San Piero a Grado church which was commissioned by the Caetani family for the 1300 jubilee.
In the lower part are Portraits of Popes, from Saint Peter to John XVIII (1303). The intermediate portion has thirty panels with Histories of Saint Peter"s Life (as well of those of Street Paul, Constantine and Street Sylvester), similar to those in the Old Saint Peter"s Basilica and to Cimabue"s work at San Francesco in Assisi.
In the upper area are portrayed the Walls of the Heaven City, largely restored in the following centuries. A Street John Evangelist Mourning attributed to Deodato is displayed in the Städel Gallery in Frankfurt.
