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Duccio di Buoninsegna

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1255–1318 Also known as Duccio

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1255–1318) was a founding painter of the Sienese school, hailed as a pioneer of early Renaissance painting, known for altar…

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  1. c. 1270–1300Siena · SienaDuccio trained in Siena and developed his own style; his early works already showed attempts to fuse Byzantine pictorial tradition with Gothic composition, laying the foundation for his later large-scale religious paintings.
  2. 1308–1311Siena Cathedral · SienaCommissioned by the commune of Siena to paint the double-sided altarpiece Maestà for the cathedral, Duccio completed it after several years and it was ceremonially carried into the church in 1311, becoming a landmark masterpiece of the Sienese school.
  3. 1311–1318Siena · SienaAfter completing the Maestà, Duccio continued to mentor younger painters in Siena; his workshop trained successors including Simone Martini, establishing the Sienese school's important place in Italian art history.

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