The great age of the Sienese School started with Duccio. Neither contemporary accounts of him nor any personally written documents have come down to us. Though there are many records for Duccio in municipal archives: records of changing of address, payments, civil penalties and contracts, which help to get an idea of the life of the painter. Read Duccio or Cimabue's Full Biography
c.1280. Tempera on wood. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
c.1285. Tempera on wood. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Deposited in the Church Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
c.1285. Tempera on wood. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Church Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
c.1287-88. Stained-glass. Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
c.1300. Tempera on wood. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
c.1300. Tempera on panel. The National Gallery, London, UK.
c.1305. Tempera on panel. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
The Art of the Italian Renaissance. Architecture. Sculpture. Painting. Drawing. Könemann. 1995.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Duccio (Masters of Italian Art Series) by Andrea Weber. Konemann, 1998.
Duccio: The Maesta by Luciano Bellosi, Duccio. Thames & Hudson, 1999.
Duccio Di Buoninsegna: The Documents by Jane Satkowski, Hayden B. J. Maginnis. Georgia Museum of Art, 2000.