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The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints, central panel of the Maestà, tempera on wood panel by Duccio, 1308–11; in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Piazza Duomo, Siena, Italy. Madonna Rucellai, tempera on wood by Duccio, 1285; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Duccio: The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea The Transfiguration of Christ
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Madonna Rucellai, tempera on wood by Duccio, 1285; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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Also Known As Duccio di Buoninsegna
Born Siena • Italy
Died c.1319 • Siena? • Italy

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The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints, central panel of the Maestà, tempera on wood panel by Duccio, 1308–11; in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Piazza Duomo, Siena, Italy.
Madonna Rucellai, tempera on wood by Duccio, 1285; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Duccio: The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea
The Transfiguration of Christ
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
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German artist
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
Jan Thorn-Prikker
Dutch artist
Pieter de Kempeneer
Flemish painter
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
Italian painter
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Masaccio
Italian painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Italian painter
The Finding of Moses, oil on canvas by Paolo Veronese, probably 1570/75; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 58 × 44.5 cm.
Paolo Veronese
Italian painter
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
Santa Trinità Madonna by Cimabue
Cimabue
Italian painter

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