Works and artists Ancient art Duccio di Buoninsegna Medieval art Siena Tuscany
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…
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Works and artists Ancient art Duccio di Buoninsegna Florence Tuscany Two hundred Uffizi
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…
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Works and artists Ancient art Cimabue Duccio di Buoninsegna Giotto Medieval art MuDEV Three hundred Two hundred
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…
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