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Duccio di Buoninsegna, 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets'

Dillian Gordon


Duccio, 'The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea', NG566
 

Duccio di Buoninsegna
NG566
The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets, about 1312–15(?)
Egg tempera on wood, central panel 61.4 × 39.3 cm, left wing (with Saint Dominic) 45.2 × 19.3 cm, right wing (with Saint Aurea) 45.2 × 20.6 cm

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To cite this catalogue entry we suggest using:

Dillian Gordon, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets. National Gallery Catalogues, The Italian Paintings before 1400', London 2011, pp. 188–201.
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/duccio-di-buoninsegna-the-virgin-and-child-with-saint-dominic-and-saint-aurea-and-patriarchs-and-prophets

Publication notes

The latest volume in the new series of National Gallery Catalogues, The Italian Paintings before 1400, was published in June 2011. The introductory section of the catalogue and two sample entries have been published online to coincide with the publication of the catalogue and the exhibition Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500.

Dillian Gordon was Curator of Italian Paintings before 1460 at the National Gallery until 2010. Her publications include The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings (Volume I) in the new series of National Gallery Catalogues; and as co-author, Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery and Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court.

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