1media/duccio_thumb.jpeg2021-12-13T06:54:24-08:00Grace Acquilanoad12acac80b0839e0f2c253b2422dad8a8d867c2394472The position of Mary in the tomb, self-portrait detail. Duccio, 1308 - 1311, wood and tempera. via WikiArtplain2023-01-25T17:40:07-08:00Brooke Hendershottb0a907cd0f989ee79e94592378a1545647719cfb
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12021-11-03T13:51:56-07:00Who made this?10plain2023-01-23T08:08:28-08:00By Grace Acquilano '22 The painting was completed by an anonymous Italian artist who goes by the pseudonym “Master of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Madonna.” It is possible that the painter of this piece worked with other famous northern Italian artists such Florentine, Giotto di Bondone (1266/76-1337), Roman, Pietro Cavallini (1240-1330), and Sienese, Duccio di Buoninsegna (1278-1318). These three Northern Italian artists helped shape the Italo-Byzantine style.
In particular, the Master of Saints Cosmas and Damian Madonna is similar to the well-known artist Duccioo. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Duccio “brought a lyrical expressiveness and intense spiritual gravity to the Italo-Byzantine tradition” and “bridged the gap between the spiritual world of the figures and the real world of the viewer.” This description of Duccio’s work may be applied to the artist of this painting.
