1300 – 1400
Proto-Renaissance

Duccio's Rucellai Madonna


Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Rucellai Madonna, 1285-86, tempera on panel, 177 x 114" or 450 x 290 cm (Uffizi, Florence)

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Duccios Rucellai Madonna
The Laudesi, a lay confraterity, commissioned the Sienese artist Duccio to paint the Rucellai Madonna for the altar of Santa Maria Novella in Florence
1285-86

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