Andrea di Cione (known as l’Orcagna) created the extraordinary marble Gothic tabernacle in Orsanmichele to house and protect the Daddi painting in the 1350s. Gemstones and glass mosaics add color and contrast to the white marble decorative elements.
At the rear, which may be seen for free from the ticket desk, are large high-relief carvings of the Dormition of the Virgin and the Assumption of Mary — two events not in the standard Bible and generally not accepted by Protestant and non-Catholic Christians.