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{{Short description|Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna}}

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[[File:Duccio.The-Madonna-and-Child-with-Saints-149.jpg|thumb|250px|”Madonna and Child with Saints”, [[Duccio]]]]

[[File:Duccio.The-Madonna-and-Child-with-Saints-149.jpg|thumb|250px|”Madonna and Child with Saints”, [[Duccio]]]]

The ””’Madonna and Child with Saints Polyptych””’ is a five-piece [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]] [[polyptych]] by Italian [[Renaissance]] artist [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], also referred to as ”Polyptych no. 47” by Duccio.

The ””’Madonna and Child with Saints Polyptych””’ is a five-piece [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]] [[polyptych]] by Italian [[Renaissance]] artist [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], also referred to as ”Polyptych no. 47” by Duccio.

The bright colors and gold used in the work typify Duccio’s usual style. Above the Madonna, Child and four saints, the polyptych depicts ten patriarchs and prophets. At the apex stands [[Christ]], flanked by four angels positioned slightly below him. Among the saints depicted are [[Saint Agnes|Agnes]], [[John the Evangelist]], [[John the Baptist]], and [[Mary Magdalene]].

The bright colors and gold used in the work typify Duccio’s usual style. Above the Madonna, Child and four saints, the polyptych depicts ten patriarchs and prophets. At the apex stands [[Christ]], flanked by four angels positioned slightly below him. Among the saints depicted are [[Saint Agnes|Agnes]], [[John the Evangelist]], [[John the Baptist]], and [[Mary Magdalene]].

Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Madonna and Child with Saints, Duccio

The Madonna and Child with Saints Polyptych is a five-piece Madonna polyptych by Italian Renaissance artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, also referred to as Polyptych no. 47 by Duccio.[1]

The bright colors and gold used in the work typify Duccio’s usual style. Above the Madonna, Child and four saints, the polyptych depicts ten patriarchs and prophets. At the apex stands Christ, flanked by four angels positioned slightly below him. Among the saints depicted are Agnes, John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene.

It was painted between 1311 and 1318, (tempera and gold on wood) and is located at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena, Italy.

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