The Madonna Rucellai is a painting by the Italian late medieval artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy.
History
The altarpiece was commissioned to Duccio on 15 aprile 1285 by the Compagnia dei Laudesi for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. It was originally housed in the chapel of that company, later known as Bardi Chapel, where some late 13th century, perhaps by Duccio himself, were painted next to it. The art biographer Giorgio Vasari … [More]