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DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA. MADONNA AND CHILD

Madonna and Child. Artist: Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, active by 1278-died 1318 Siena). Dimensions: Overall, with engaged frame, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm); painted surface 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm). Date: ca. 1290-1300.
This lyrical work inaugurates the grand tradition in Italian art of envisioning the sacred figures of the Madonna and Child in terms appropriated from real life. The Christ Child gently pushes away the veil of his mother, whose sorrowful expression reflects her foreknowledge of his crucifixion. The beautifully modeled drapery enhances their three-dimensional, physical presence and the parapet connects the fictive, sacred world of the painting with the temporal one of the viewer. The bottom edge of the original frame is marked by candle burns.

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Author: DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA (active by 1278-died 1318)

Title: MADONNA AND CHILD

Caption: Madonna and Child. Artist: Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, active by 1278-died 1318 Siena). Dimensions: Overall, with engaged frame, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm); painted surface 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm). Date: ca. 1290-1300. This lyrical work inaugurates the grand tradition in Italian art of envisioning the sacred figures of the Madonna and Child in terms appropriated from real life. The Christ Child gently pushes away the veil of his mother, whose sorrowful expression reflects her foreknowledge of his crucifixion. The beautifully modeled drapery enhances their three-dimensional, physical presence and the parapet connects the fictive, sacred world of the painting with the temporal one of the viewer. The bottom edge of the original frame is marked by candle burns.

Technique/material: Tempera and gold on wood

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3088 × 4094 px | 36.2 MB

Print size: 26.1 × 34.7 cm | 1215.7 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • GOLD • ITALY • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAINTINGS • TEMPERA AND GOLD ON WOOD • TEMPERA • TEMPERA, EGG-TEMPERA • TEMPLE • WOOD