Artists

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  Maestà $AU 241.08 ~ 7,186.25
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  Madonna and Child with Six Angels $AU 258.46 ~ 940.73
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  Appearence Behind Locked Doors $AU 274.19 ~ 1,079.82

Duccio di buoninsegna (c. 1255 Siena-1318/19 Siena), generally known simply as Duccio, originally worked as a casket and furniture maker and as a manuscript illustrator. His artistic accomplishments can be traced from the year 1278 in the city of his birth. In addition to his work in Siena, he also worked in Florence, and probably on the frescoes in the basilica of SanFrancesco in Assisi. He was inspired by the Sienese School and by the work of Cimabue. Although Duccio was very strongly tied to Byzantine art, he did embrace the new developments of Gothic art and thereby established a new painting style. In addition to their fine lines and bright color schemes, his works are distinguished by a picturesque three dimensional structure and a rhythm of the figures as well as the entire pictorial surface. Duccio's work is considered to be ground breaking for the further development of Siense art in the 14th century. Works by the artist include Madonna Crevole, c. 1280, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Siena; Madonna of the Franciscans, c. 1259 Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; and The Flight into Egypt, c. 1310. Museo dell' Opera Metropolitana, Siena.