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Duccio di Buoninsegna

c. 1255-1319

Italy

Byzantine Art

Duccio di Buoninsegna Biography

The great age of the Sienese School started with Duccio. Neither contemporary accounts of him nor any personally written documents have come down to us. Though there are many records for Duccio in municipal archives: records of changing of address, payments, civil penalties and contracts, which help to get an idea of the life of the painter. Read Duccio or Cimabue's Full Biography