Maestà (Madonna with Angels and Saints) (1308-11)
Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1255-1260, Siena - c. 1318-1319, Siena) was the most influential Sienese artist of his time and one of the key figures in the development of European painting. Duccio is considered to have had a major influence on the formation of the International Gothic style, and to have influenced Simone Martini and the brothers Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti, among others. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1206x606, 174 KB)Maestà by Duccio (1308-11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dellOpera del Duomo, Siena Source: http://gallery. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1206x606, 174 KB)Maestà by Duccio (1308-11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dellOpera del Duomo, Siena Source: http://gallery. ... This page is about Siena, Italy. ... This page is about Siena, Italy. ... This page is about Siena, Italy. ... Winged Victory of Samothrace exihibited in the Louvre. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... International Gothic is a subset of Gothic art developed in Burgundy, Bohemia and northern Italy in the late 1300s and early 1400s. ... Petrachs Virgil (title page) (c. ... Ambrogio Lorenzetti (or Ambruogio Laurati) (c. ... Beata Umilta Transports Bricks to the Monastery(c. ...

His works include the Rucellai Madonna (1285) for Santa Maria Novella (now in the Uffizi) and the fabled Maestà (1308-11), his masterpiece, for Siena's cathedral. Originally carried through the streets of Siena in a religious ceremony, the multipaneled Maesta represented a major step forward in painterly style and narrative storytelling through visual art. The Romanesque-Gothic facade, completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470 Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. ... In the intriguing and mysterious world of fine art, the Maestà is a fabulous altarpiece comprised of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 by the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. ...

His Madonna and Child, painted on a wood panel around the year 1300, was purchased in November 2004 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for more than 45 million dollars, the most expensive purchase ever by the museum. Madonna and Child (also known as the Stroclet Madonna or Stroganoff Madonna) is a panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. ... Events Beginning of the Renaissance. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The central lobby of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R...

Known surviving works

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Duccio di Buoninsegna

• Madonna with Child / Madonna con Bambino

Tempera and gold on wood - (Museo d'arte sacra della Val d'Arbia, Buonconvento, near Siena) Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

• Madonna with Child and two Angels / Madonna con Bambino e due angeli

Also known as the Crevole Madonna / Madonna di Crevole) Tempera and gold on wood, c) 1280) - (Museo dell'Opera della Metropolitana, Siena)

• Madonna with Child enthroned and six Angels / Madonna con Bambino in trono e sei angeli, also known as the Rucellai Madonna / Madonna Rucellai)

Tempera and gold on wood, c) 1285) - ( Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy) (On deposit from the Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy))

• Crucifix / Crocifisso

Tempera on wood - (Odescalchi Collection, Rome, formerly in the Castello Orsini at Bracciano)

• Madonna of the Franciscans / Madonna dei franciscani

Tempera and gold on wood, c) 1300) - (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena)

• Assumption, Burial and Crowning of the Virgin / Assunzione, Sepoltura e Incoronazione della Vergine

Stained glass window - (Duomo, Siena)

• Maiestà (Madonna with Child and six Angels / Madonna con Bambino e sei angeli)

Tempera and gold on wood - (Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland)

• Madonna with Child / Madonna con Bambino

Tempera and gold on wood - (formerly in the Stoclet Collection, Bruxelles, Belgium)

• Madonna with Child and six Angels / Madonna con Bambino e sei angeli

Tempera and gold on wood - (Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, Italy)

• Polyptych: Madonna and Child with Ss) Augustine, Paul, Peter, Dominic, four angels and Christ blessing / Madonna con Bambino e con i santi Agostino, Paolo, Pietro, Domenico, quattro angeli e Cristo benedicente

Known also as Dossale n) 28) Tempera and gold on wood, c) 1305) - (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena)

• Polyptych n) 47: Madonna and Child with Ss) Agnes, John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene; ten Patriarchs and Prophets, with Christ blessing / Madonna con Bambino e con i santi Agnese, Giovanni Evangelista, Giovanni Battista e Maria Maddalena; dieci patriarchi e profeti, e Cristo benedicente

Tempera and gold on wood - (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena)

• The Surrender of the Castle of Giuncarico / La resa del castello di Giuncarico

Fresco - (Palazzo pubblico, Siena)

• Maiestà with Episodes from Christ's Passion / Maiestà e Storie della Passione di Cristo

Tempera and gold on wood - (Duomo, Massa Marittima, Italy)

• Small Triptych: Flagellation of Christ; Crucifixion with Angels; Deposition in the Tomb / Flagellazione di Cristo; Crocifissione; Deposizione nel Sepolcro

Tempera and gold on wood - (Società di Esecutori di Pie Deposizioni, Siena)

• Small Triptych: Madonna and Child with four Angels, Ss) Dominic, Agnes and seven Prophets / Madonna con Bambino e con quattro angeli, i santi Domenico, Agnese, e sette profeti

Tempera and gold on wood, c) 1300) - (The National Gallery, London, England) The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...

• Portable Altarpiece: Crucifixion with Christ blessing; St Nicholas; St Gregory / Crocifissione con Cristo benedicente; San Nicola; San Gregorio

Tempera and gold on wood - (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

• Small Triptych: Crucifixion with Angels; Annunciation and Madonna with Child and Angels; Stigmata of St Francis with Madonna and Christ enthroned / Crocifissione e angeli; Annunciazione e Madonna con Bambino e angeli; Stimmate di san Francesco e Madonna con Cristo in trono

Tempera and gold on wood - (Royal Collections, Hampton Court, near London, England)

The Maestà, an elaborate series of paintings including a famous The Last Supper) The parts that have, with some dissenters, so far been attributed to the whole work: In the intriguing and mysterious world of fine art, the Maestà is a fabulous altarpiece comprised of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 by the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. ... The Last Supper can mean: The Last Supper. ...

• Maiestà (Madonna with Child enthroned and twenty Angels and nineteen Saints / Madonna con Bambino in trono e venti angeli e dicianove santi)

Tempera and gold on wood - (Museo dell'Opera della Metropolitana, Siena)

External links

• "The Missing Madonna: The story behind the Met's most expensive acquisition" The New Yorker Magazine, July 11 & 18, 2005, by Calvin Tomkins