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Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255, Siena - 1319, Siena)
was the most influential Siena|Sienese art|artist
of his time and one of the key figures in the
development of Europe|European painting. Duccio is
considered to have had a major influence on the
formation of the International Gothic style. He is
considered to have influenced Simone Martini and
the brothers Ambrogio Lorenzetti| Ambrogio and
Pietro Lorenzetti among others.

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 Sienna in a religious ceremony, the
multipaneled Maesta represented a major step
forward in painterly style and narrative
storytelling through visual art.

His Madonna and Child (Duccio)|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.

==Selected paintings==
commonscat|Duccio di Buoninsegna
*Crevole Madonna. c. 1280. Tempera on wood. Museo
dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
*Rucellai Madonna. c. 1285. Tempera on wood.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Deposited
in the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence,
Italy.
*Madonna of the Franciscans. c. 1300. Tempera on
wood. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
*Triptych (The Holy Virgin and the Christ Child
with St. Dominic and St. Aurea). c. 1300. Tempera
on panel. National Gallery, London|The National
Gallery, London, UK.
*Polyptych No. 28 (The Holy Virgin with the Christ
Child and Four Saints). c.1305. Tempera on panel.
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
*The Maestà, an elaborate series of
paintings including a famous The Last Supper
(uation)|The Last Supper.

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Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255, Siena - 1319, Siena)
was the most influential Siena|Sienese art|artist
of his time and one of the key figures in the
development of Europe|European painting. Duccio is
considered to have had a major influence on the
formation of the International Gothic style. He is
considered to have influenced Simone Martini and
the brothers Ambrogio Lorenzetti| Ambrogio and
Pietro Lorenzetti among others.

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 Sienna in a religious ceremony, the
multipaneled Maesta represented a major step
forward in painterly style and narrative
storytelling through visual art.

His Madonna and Child (Duccio)|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.

==Selected paintings==
commonscat|Duccio di Buoninsegna
*Crevole Madonna. c. 1280. Tempera on wood. Museo
dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.
*Rucellai Madonna. c. 1285. Tempera on wood.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Deposited
in the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence,
Italy.
*Madonna of the Franciscans. c. 1300. Tempera on
wood. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
*Triptych (The Holy Virgin and the Christ Child
with St. Dominic and St. Aurea). c. 1300. Tempera
on panel. National Gallery, London|The National
Gallery, London, UK.
*Polyptych No. 28 (The Holy Virgin with the Christ
Child and Four Saints). c.1305. Tempera on panel.
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
*The Maestà, an elaborate series of
paintings including a famous The Last Supper
(uation)|The Last Supper.