Duccio di Buoninsegna, commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many import
Rucellai Madonna, 1285. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (from the Maestà), c. 1308–1311
Madonna and Child, the child touching the virgin's veil, c. 1300
The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, 1308–1311, National Gallery of Art
The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio, is an altarpiece composed of many separate paintings commissioned from Duccio di Buoninsegna by the city of Siena in Tuscany in 1308 and is his major work. Duccio's Ma
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…Galleria degli Uffizi), commissioned in April 1285 by the Compagnia del Laudesi di Maria Vergine for a chapel in Santa Maria Novella in Florence; and the Maestà commissioned for the high altar of Siena Cathedral in 1308, which Duccio completed by June 1311. Duccio's known works are on wood panel, painted in egg…
Reconstruction of the front
Reconstruction of the reverse