Duccio di Buoninsegna - Maestà around 1290-1295 - Listen - Museum

Duccio di Buoninsegna - Maestà around 1290-1295

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Duccio di Buoninsegna's painting of the Virgin as the Mother of God with the child Jesus still fascinates us today. Learn more about this richly decorated devotional image that the Sienese painter executed while also working on the famous Madonna Rucellai. From the podcast series on the highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.

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