Olga's Gallery
Duccio or Cimabue
(c. 1255-1319)
Biography
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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
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Crevole Madonna. c.1280. Tempera on wood. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. 
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Rucellai Madonna. c.1285. Tempera on wood. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Deposited in the Church Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
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Rucellai Madonna. Detail. c.1285. Tempera on wood. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Church Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
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Window Showing the Death, Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin. c.1287-88. Stained-glass. Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Madonna of the Franciscans. c.1300. Tempera on wood. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
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Triptych (The Holy Virgin and the Christ Child with St. Dominic and St. Aurea). c.1300. Tempera on panel. The National Gallery, London, UK.
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Polyptych No. 28 (The Holy Virgin with the Christ Child and Four Saints). c.1305. Tempera on panel. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel). 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail of) The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child, amidst Angels and Saints. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail of) The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child, amidst Angels and Saints. с. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail of) The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child, amidst Angels and Saints. с. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail of) The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child, amidst Angels and Saints. с. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail) An Angel. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, central panel, detail) Angels and Saints. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels) The Announcement of the Virgin's Death. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels, detail of) Parting from St. John. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels) Parting from the Apostles. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels) The Death of the Virgin. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels) The Funeral Procession. Detail. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, crowning panels) The Entombment of the Virgin. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Annunciation. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. The National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Birth of Christ. The Prophets Isaih and Ezekiel. c. 1308-1311. Tempera on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Prophet Isaiah. c. 1308-1311. Tempera on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Birth of Christ. c. 1308-1311. Tempera on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Prophets Ezekiel. c. 1308-1311. Tempera on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Adoration of the Magi. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Prophet Solomon. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Presentation in the Temple. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Prophet Malachi. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Massacre of the Innocents. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella) The Flight into Egypt. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. Read Note.
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Maestą (front, predella, detail of) Christ Disputing with the Scribes. 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (back with 26 scenes of the Passion). 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (back, detail of the central panel). 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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Maestą (back, detail of the central panel). 1308-11. Tempera on wood panel. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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