Rucellai Madonna. The Rucellai Madonna is a panel painting by the late medieval Italian painter Duccio di Buoninsegna from Siena.
It is the largest surviving panel painting of the dugento. Originally painted for the Laudesi confraternity's chapel in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella church, the painting was moved to the adjacent, much larger Rucellai family chapel in 1591.
It now resides in the Uffizi Gallery in the same city. The painting depicts hovering angels carrying the enthroned Virgin and Child enthroned, against a gold background.
The Rucellai Madonna is Duccio's earliest work for which there is written documentation. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Compagnia dei Laudesi, a lay confraternity devoted to the Virgin, to decorate the chapel they occupied in the transept of the newly-built Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
The contract for the painting, dated 15 April 1285, is the oldest Italian document of its kind to survive. The contract states that Duccio was commissioned to paint a panel depicting the Virgin and Child and other figures, for which he was to be paid 150 lire. It enjoins the artist to work on no other commissions while completing the altarpiece, and specifies that the entire work must be painted by Duccio alone without workshop assistance. The contract also requires the artist to pay for and use ultramarine blue for the Virgin's robe and
It is the largest surviving panel painting of the dugento. Originally painted for the Laudesi confraternity's chapel in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella church, the painting was moved to the adjacent, much larger Rucellai family chapel in 1591.
It now resides in the Uffizi Gallery in the same city. The painting depicts hovering angels carrying the enthroned Virgin and Child enthroned, against a gold background.
The Rucellai Madonna is Duccio's earliest work for which there is written documentation. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Compagnia dei Laudesi, a lay confraternity devoted to the Virgin, to decorate the chapel they occupied in the transept of the newly-built Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
The contract for the painting, dated 15 April 1285, is the oldest Italian document of its kind to survive. The contract states that Duccio was commissioned to paint a panel depicting the Virgin and Child and other figures, for which he was to be paid 150 lire. It enjoins the artist to work on no other commissions while completing the altarpiece, and specifies that the entire work must be painted by Duccio alone without workshop assistance. The contract also requires the artist to pay for and use ultramarine blue for the Virgin's robe and
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