Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was an Italian painter active in
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
,
Tuscany
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, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Duccio is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the
Middle Ages
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,
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''Encyclopedia Britannica''. and is credited with creating the painting styles of
Trecento
The Trecento (, also , ; short for , "1300") refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history.
Period Art
Commonly, the Trecento is considered to be the beginning of the Renaissance in art history. Painters of the Trecento included Giotto ...
and the
Sienese school. He also contributed significantly to the Sienese
Gothic style
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*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
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.
Biography
Although much is still unconfirmed about Duccio and his life, there is more documentation of him and his life than of other Italian painters of his time. It is known that he was born and died in the city of
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, and was also mostly active in the surrounding region of
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
. Other details of his early life and family are as uncertain, as much else in his history.
One avenue to reconstructing Duccio's biography are the traces of him in archives that list when he ran up debts or incurred fines. Some records say he was married with seven children. The relative abundance of archival mentions has led historians to believe that he had difficulties managing his life and his money. Due to his debts, Duccio's family dissociated themselves from him after his death.
Another route to filling in Duccio's biography is by analyzing the works that can be attributed to him with certainty. Information can be obtained by analyzing his style, the date and location of the works, and more. Due to gaps where Duccio's name goes unmentioned in the Sienese records for years at a time, scholars speculate he may have traveled to
Paris
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,
Assisi and
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
Nevertheless, his artistic talents were enough to overshadow his lack of organization as a citizen, and he became famous in his own lifetime. In the 14th century Duccio became one of the most favored and radical painters in Siena.
Artistic career
![Duccio di Buoninsegna 036](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_036.jpg)
Where Duccio studied, and with whom, is still a matter of great debate, but by analyzing his style and technique art historians have been able to limit the field. Many believe that he studied under
Cimabue
Cimabue (; ; – 1302), Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World’s Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. . also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter a ...
, while others think that maybe he had actually traveled to
Constantinople
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, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
himself and learned directly from a Byzantine master.
Little is known of his painting career prior to 1278, when at the age of 23 he is recorded as having painted twelve account book cases. Although Duccio was active from 1268 to about 1311 only approximately 13 of his works survive today.
Of Duccio's surviving works, only two can be definitively dated. Both were major public commissions:
the "
Rucellai Madonna
The ''Rucellai Madonna'' is a panel painting representing the Virgin and Child enthroned with Angels by the Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna. The original contract for the work is dated 1285; the painting was probably delivered in 1286. The ...
" (
Galleria degli Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...
), commissioned in April 1285 by the Compagnia del Laudesi di Maria Vergine for a chapel in
Santa Maria Novella
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.
The ch ...
in
Florence
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; and the
Maestà
Maestà , the Italian word for "majesty", designates a classification of images of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, the designation generally implying accompaniment by angels, saints, or both. The ''Maestà'' is an extension of the "Se ...
commissioned for the high altar of
Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and ...
in 1308, which Duccio completed by June 1311.
Style
![Duccio di buoninsegna, madonna col bambino, 1300 ca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Duccio_di_buoninsegna%2C_madonna_col_bambino%2C_1300_ca..JPG)
Duccio's known works are on
wood panel, painted in
egg tempera
Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done ...
and embellished with
gold leaf
Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 µm thick) by goldbeating and is often used for gilding. Gold leaf is available in a wide variety of karats and shades. The most commonly used gold is 22-kara ...
. Differently from his contemporaries and artists before him, Duccio was a master of tempera and managed to conquer the medium with delicacy and precision. There is no clear evidence that Duccio painted
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
es.
Duccio's style was similar to Byzantine art in some ways, with its gold backgrounds and familiar religious scenes, however it was also different and more experimental. Duccio began to break down the sharp lines of Byzantine art, and soften the figures. He used modeling (playing with light and dark colors) to reveal the figures underneath the heavy drapery; hands, faces, and feet became more rounded and three-dimensional. Duccio's paintings are inviting and warm with color. His pieces consisted of many delicate details and were sometimes inlaid with jewels or ornamental fabrics. Duccio was also noted for his complex organization of space. He organized his characters specifically and purposefully. In his "
Rucellai Madonna
The ''Rucellai Madonna'' is a panel painting representing the Virgin and Child enthroned with Angels by the Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna. The original contract for the work is dated 1285; the painting was probably delivered in 1286. The ...
" (c. 1285) the viewer can see all of these qualities at play.
Duccio was also one of the first painters to put figures in architectural settings, as he began to explore and investigate depth and space. He also had a refined attention to emotion not seen in other painters at this time. The characters interact tenderly with each other; it is no longer Christ and the Virgin, it is mother and child. He flirts with naturalism, but his paintings are still awe inspiring. Duccio's figures seem to be otherworldly or heavenly, consisting of beautiful colors, soft hair, gracefulness and fabrics not available to mere humans.
He influenced many other painters, most notably
Simone Martini
Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena.
He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.
It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...
, and the brothers
Ambrogio
Ambrogio is a given name, and may refer to:
*Saint Ambrogio (Ambrose), patron saint of Milan
*Ambrogio Lorenzetti ( – 1348), painter
*Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, the birth name of Pope Pius XI
*Ambrogio Bergognone, Renaissance painter
*Ambr ...
and
Pietro Lorenzetti
Pietro Lorenzetti (; – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimen ...
.
Followers
In the course of his life, Duccio had many pupils even if it is not known if they were true pupils who were formed and matured artistically within his workshop, or they were simply painters who imitated his style. Many of the artists are anonymous, and their connection to Duccio has emerged only from analysis of a body of work with common stylistic traits. The first pupils, who can be referred to as a group as first-generation followers, were active between about 1290 and 1320 and include the
Master of Badia a Isola
The Master of Badia a Isola was an Italian painter. His name is taken from a depiction of the Madonna and Child that hangs in the Badia dei Santi Salvatore e Cirino in Abbadia a Isola, located near Monteriggioni, a comune in the province of Si ...
, the
Master of Città di Castello, the Aringhieri Master, the Master of the ''Collazioni dei Santi Padri'' and the Master of San Polo in Rosso.
Another group of followers, who could be termed followers of the second generation, were active between about 1300 and 1335 and include
Segna di Bonaventura
Segna di Bonaventura, also known as Segna de Bonaventura, and as Segna di Buonaventura, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. He was active from about 1298 to 1331. In 1306 he painted a panel for the office of the Biccherna in the Palazz ...
,
Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio (1280? – 1349) was an Italian painter active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.
He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived ...
, the Master of the Gondi Maestà, the Master of Monte Oliveto and the Master of Monterotondo. It should, however, be said that
Segna di Bonaventura
Segna di Bonaventura, also known as Segna de Bonaventura, and as Segna di Buonaventura, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. He was active from about 1298 to 1331. In 1306 he painted a panel for the office of the Biccherna in the Palazz ...
was already active prior to 1300 and so he overlaps as to period both the first and second generation of followers.
A third group followed Duccio only several years after his death, which shows the impact his painting had on Siena and on Tuscany as a whole. The artists of this third group, active between about 1330 and 1350, include
Segna di Bonaventura
Segna di Bonaventura, also known as Segna de Bonaventura, and as Segna di Buonaventura, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. He was active from about 1298 to 1331. In 1306 he painted a panel for the office of the Biccherna in the Palazz ...
's sons, that is,
Niccolò di Segna
Niccolò di Segna (died around 1348) was an Italian painter from Siena. His activity is documented starting from 1331.
Influenced by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Simone Martini, he was an exponent of the Sienese School. He collaborated with Pietro ...
and Francesco di Segna, and a pupil of
Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio (1280? – 1349) was an Italian painter active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.
He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived ...
: the Master of Chianciano.
Some of the artists were influenced by Duccio alone to the point of creating a decided affinity or kinship between their works and his. Among them was the
Master of Badia a Isola
The Master of Badia a Isola was an Italian painter. His name is taken from a depiction of the Madonna and Child that hangs in the Badia dei Santi Salvatore e Cirino in Abbadia a Isola, located near Monteriggioni, a comune in the province of Si ...
, and
Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio (1280? – 1349) was an Italian painter active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.
He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived ...
, along with
Segna di Bonaventura
Segna di Bonaventura, also known as Segna de Bonaventura, and as Segna di Buonaventura, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. He was active from about 1298 to 1331. In 1306 he painted a panel for the office of the Biccherna in the Palazz ...
and their sons. Other artists were influenced also by other schools, and these include the Aringhieri Master (think of the massive volumes of
Giotto
Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period. Giot ...
), and the Master of the Gondi Maestà (who shows the influence also of
Simone Martini
Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena.
He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.
It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...
).
The case of
Simone Martini
Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena.
He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.
It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...
and
Pietro Lorenzetti
Pietro Lorenzetti (; – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimen ...
is somewhat different. Both artists painted works that have affinities with Duccio: for
Simone from about 1305, and
Pietro
Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death
* Pietro II Can ...
from about 1310 onwards. However, from the outset their work showed distinctive individual features, as can be seen in
Simone's Madonna and Child no. 583 (1305–1310) and in
Pietro's ''Orsini Triptych'', painted at
Assisi (about 1310–1315). Later the two developed styles with completely independent characteristics such that they acquired an artistic standing that elevates them well beyond being labelled simply as followers of Duccio.
Gallery
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Annunciation - WGA06752.jpg, Annunciation
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Transfiguration - WGA06780.jpg, Transfiguration
File:Duccio - Triptych- Crucifixion and other Scenes - Google Art Project.jpg, Crucifixion Triptych
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Flight into Egypt - WGA06766.jpg, Flight into Egypt
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Disputation with the Doctors - WGA06768.jpg, Disputation with the Doctors
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - The Raising of Lazarus - Google Art Project.jpg, The Raising of Lazarus
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Christ and the Samaritan Woman - Google Art Project.jpg, Christ and the Samaritan Woman
File:MadonnaInTrono41.jpg, Maestà, detail
File:Madonna em Majestade dita Rucellai - Duccio.jpg, Rucellai Madonna
The ''Rucellai Madonna'' is a panel painting representing the Virgin and Child enthroned with Angels by the Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna. The original contract for the work is dated 1285; the painting was probably delivered in 1286. The ...
File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Christ Before Caiaphas - WGA06797.jpg, Christ before Caiaphas
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Known surviving works
![Duccio di Buoninsegna cat01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_cat01.jpg)
* ''Madonna with Child''
– Tempera and gold on wood, Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia
The Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia is a small museum of religious art in Buonconvento, in the Val d'Arbia to the south of Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It contain a number of paintings by important artists of the Sienese School, a ...
, Buonconvento
Buonconvento is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi.
History
Buonconvento (from the Latin ''bonus ...
, near Siena
* ''
Gualino Madonna
The ''Gualino Madonna'' is a painting attributed to Italian late medieval artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. It is housed in the Galleria Sabauda of Turin, northern Italy.
History
The provenance of the panel is unknown. In 1910 it was sold on the Flo ...
''
– Tempera and gold on wood, Galleria Sabauda
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The museum, whose first directors were Rober ...
, Turin
* ''Madonna with Child and two Angels'' (Also known as the ''Crevole Madonna''; c. 1280)
– Tempera and gold on wood, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Siena
* ''
Madonna with Child enthroned and six Angels'' (c. 1285)
– Also known as the ''Rucellai Madonna
The ''Rucellai Madonna'' is a panel painting representing the Virgin and Child enthroned with Angels by the Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna. The original contract for the work is dated 1285; the painting was probably delivered in 1286. The ...
/ Madonna Rucellai'' – Tempera and gold on wood, Galleria degli Uffizi
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, Florence, Italy (on deposit from Santa Maria Novella
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.
The ch ...
)
* ''Crucifix''
– Tempera on wood, Odescalchi Collection, Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, formerly in the Castello Orsini at Bracciano
* ''Crucifix (Grosseto)'' (1289)
– Church of San Francesco, Grosseto
* ''Madonna of the Franciscans'' (c. 1300)
– Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
* ''Triptych: Crucifixion and other Scenes c. 1302–08''
Royal Collection Trust
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Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...
* ''Assumption and Crowning of the Virgin''
– Stained glass window, Siena Cathedral
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It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and ...
* ''Maestà''
– Tempera and gold on wood, Museum of Fine Arts Bern
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Its holdings run from the Middle Ages to the present. It houses ...
, Switzerland
* ''
Madonna and Child
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''
– Tempera and gold on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, New York (formerly in the Stoclet Collection, Brussels
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, Belgium)
[
* '' Madonna with Child and six Angels'' – Tempera and gold on wood, ]Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
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, Perugia
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, Italy
* ''Polyptych: Madonna and Child with Saints Augustine, Paul, Peter, Dominic, four angels and Christ blessing'' (also known as ''Dossale no. 28''; c. 1305) – Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
* ''Polyptych no. 47: Madonna and Child with Saints Agnes, John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene; ten Patriarchs and Prophets, with Christ blessing'' – Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
* ''The Surrender of the Castle of Giuncarico'' – Fresco, Palazzo Pubblico
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, Siena
* ''Maestà with Episodes from Christ's Passion'' – Tempera and gold on wood – Massa Marittima Cathedral, Italy
* ''Small Triptych: Flagellation of Christ; Crucifixion with Angels; Deposition in the Tomb'' – Tempera and gold on wood, Società di Esecutori di Pie Deposizioni, Siena
* ''Small Triptych: Madonna and Child with four Angels, Saints Dominic, Agnes and seven Prophets / Madonna con Bambino e con quattro angeli, i santi Domenico, Agnese, e sette profeti'' – Tempera and gold on wood – The National Gallery
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, London, England
* ''Portable Altarpiece: Crucifixion with Christ blessing; St Nicholas; St Gregory'' – Tempera and gold on wood, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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, United States
* ''Small Triptych: Crucifixion with Angels; Annunciation and Madonna with Child and Angels; Stigmata of St Francis with Madonna and Christ enthroned'' – Tempera and gold on wood, UK Royal Collection
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Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...
* '' Maestá (Madonna with Child Enthroned and Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints)'' – Tempera and gold on wood, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
* ''Maestà (The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain)'' – Tempera and gold on wood – The Frick Collection
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, New York
* ''The Crucifixion'' (c.1315)– Tempera and gold on wood – New-York Historical Society
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, New York
References
Sources
*
*
Further reading
* Bellosi, Luciano (1999). ''Duccio: The Maestà''. New York: Thames and Hudson. .
* Bellosi, Luciano; Ragionieri, Giovanna (2003). ''Duccio di Buoninsegna''. Giunti Editore. .
* Deuchler, Florens (1984). ''Duccio''. Milan: Electa. .
* Jannella, Cecilia (1991). ''Duccio di Buoninsegna''. Scala/Riverside. .
External links
www.DuccioDiBuoninsegna.org
130 works by Duccio
"The Missing Madonna: The story behind the Met's most expensive acquisition"
''The New Yorker Magazine'', July 11 & 18, 2005, by Calvin Tomkins
Calvin Tomkins (born 17 December 1925) is an author and art critic for ''The New Yorker'' magazine.
Life and career
Tomkins was born in Orange, New Jersey. After graduating from Berkshire School, he attended Princeton University and received an un ...
Duccio in Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery
Washington DC
*
*Carl Brandon Strehlke,
"Archangel by the Workshop of Duccio di Buoninsegna (cat. 88)"
' in
The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works
', a Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication.
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