Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Maestá
Alternate Title:
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints
Image View:
Front predella section; Adoration of the Magi (scene 3); Prophet Solomon (prophet 3)
Creator:
Duccio (Italian painter, ca. 1255- ca. 1319)
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Duomo, 8
GPS:
43.3177 11.3296
Date:
1308-1311 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Work Type 3:
predella
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel; gold leaf gilding
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
214 cm (height, main panel) x 412 cm (width, main panel)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Sienese; Republic of Siena
Description:
The signed Maestà was placed on the high altar of Siena Cathedral on 9 June 1311, accompanied by a triumphal procession. The gigantic altarpiece (originally ca. 5.00 x 4.68 m) was painted on both sides. The front was composed of eleven vertical planks and the back of five horizontal planks, with front and back nailed directly together. The two predellas, the first surviving narrative predellas, were each painted on a single horizontal plank. The pinnacles were probably painted on two horizontal planks, nailed together. In 1771 the two faces of the altarpiece were sawn apart and since then the panels have led a somewhat peripatetic existence. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-DUCCIO-MS-B02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Maestá