Maestà (Duccio)
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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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Reconstruction of the front
Reconstruction of the reverse
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Maestà
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Maestà, the Italian word for 'majesty', designates a classification of images of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, the designation generally implying accompaniment by angels, saints, or both
Maestà (Duccio)
…Front side Central panel The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child Amidst Angels and Saints (the actual Maestà) Six panels on top (beneath six half-figures of angels, and a lost central panel of Mary) The Annunciation of the Virgin's death The Virgin's Farewell…
Cimabue's Maestà , Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.
The central panel of Duccio's Maestà with Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints (1308–1311), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena.