Duccio di Buoninsegna - Finestre sull'Arte

The Majesty of Duccio di Buoninsegna: a masterpiece of Italian art history

In a document dated June 30, 1311, preserved in theState Archives of Siena, there is evidence of payment to four musicians of the City of Siena for their services during the transport of a table depicting the Virgin Mary. The reference is to a fa...
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Duccio di Buoninsegna's Madonna Rucellai, the greatest panel painting of the 13th century

It is the largest painted panel of the 13th century known to us: an imposing work four and a half meters high by nearly three meters wide. It is the Rucellai Madonna, an extraordinary masterpiece by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Siena, c. 1255 - 131...
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Cimabue, Duccio or Giotto? The enigmatic Madonna of Castelfiorentino, a crucial work in our art history

It is truly impressive to scroll through the bibliography on the extraordinary late 13th-century Madonna and Child preserved at the Museum of Santa Verdiana in Castelfiorentino, in the hills of Valdelsa. Many of the greatest art historians of all...
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