Duccio di Buoninsegna

American  

[doot-chaw dee bwaw-neen-se-nyah] / ˈdut tʃɔ di ˌbwɔ ninˌsɛ nyɑ /

noun

1. c1255–1319?, Italian painter.

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Duccio di Buoninsegna British  

/ ˈduttʃo di buoninˈseɲɲa /

noun

1. ?1255–?1318, Italian painter; founder of the Sienese school

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Example Sentences

One is a starkly poignant Crucifixion from around 1315 by a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, in which Jesus hangs on the cross with little bird-size angels hovering around him on a gold background.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2015

Then look right, to the Italian Renaissance rooms, and you’ll find another foundational picture, the “Madonna and Child” of Duccio di Buoninsegna, painted in tempera and gold roughly a century before the van Eyck.

From New York Times • May 23, 2013

On June 9, 1311, the great Italian banking city of Siena was fighting an economic death struggle with booming Florence as Duccio di Buoninsegna finished his altarpiece for the cathedral.

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