duccio di buoninsegna

June 9, 2018
Today in 1311 Duccio di Buoninsegna’s (c.1260-1319) Maestà altarpiece was installed in Siena Cathedral; the city of Siena commissioned the altarpiece in 1308.

December 25, 2016
As foretold in Isaiah’s prophesy about the Messiah (Isaiah 1:3) and recounted in the Gospels, Christ’s life on earth began in a stable in Bethlehem.

July 3, 2013
Duccio, The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew , 1308/11, Tempera on panel, 43.5 x 46 cm (17 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.