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Duccio, The Rucellai Madonna, 1285-86 smarthistoryvideos on Nov 21, 2011 Duccio, The Rucellai Madonna, 1285-86, tempera on panel, 177 x 114" or 450 x 290 cm (Uffizi, Florence) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris …More
Duccio, The Rucellai Madonna, 1285-86
smarthistoryvideos on Nov 21, 2011 Duccio, The Rucellai Madonna, 1285-86, tempera on panel, 177 x 114" or 450 x 290 cm (Uffizi, Florence)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
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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 …More
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 considered it by Cimabue.
In 1591 it was moved to the Rucellai Chapel, whence the current name. Here it was seen in 1750 by Giuseppe Richa, the author of a large work about the Florentine churches. Finally recognized as by Duccio in 1790, the Madonna was transferred to the Uffizi in 1948. It was restored in 1989.
Description
The panel is the largest one from Italian 13th century art, and was inspired to Cimabue Maestà in the Louvre. Duccio however added a more Gothic flavor, and a greater humanity than the previous similar works, still imbued of the rigid Byzantine schemes. Duccio's Madonna even shows the trace of a smile.[1]
It is likely that Duccio was inspired also by Gothic miniatures and ivory pieces from France.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rucellai_Madonna