Despite a healthy and engaged crowd, there was a definite hush among visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s magical ...

A plaque attached to the work reads “Holy Mother of God, be thou the cause of peace for Siena and life to Duccio because he ...

Reuniting the surviving sections of the city’s altarpiece marvel is just the start of this important, beautifully staged show ...

That’s the power of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the most famous painter here as well as the most influential, having likely employed some or all of the other big ones, Simone Martini and the brothers ...

The undisputed star of the exhibition is Duccio di Buoninsegna, a Sienese master at the start of the 14th century. Better known as Duccio, he was a rebel, tax evader, and a big-deal painter.

Image Panels from Duccio di Buoninsegna’s “Maestà.” From left, “The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew,” “The Wedding at Cana,” “Christ and the Woman of Samaria,” “The ...

A sweeping show focuses on the Tuscan city’s pivotal role in Renaissance art, where painters such as Duccio and Simone Martini depicted religious scenes in vibrant detail and with stirring emotional ...

A dog walker has spotted what she sees as a Madonna and Child in an artistic piece of driftwood at an Aberystwyth beach.

Reuniting the surviving sections of Duccio’s altarpiece marvel Maestà is just the start of this important, beautifully ...

A tremendous poster greets visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Advertising the show of the season, "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350," the poster features a detail from the ...