Maestà
Maestà is a reredos or polyptych.
Also recorded as Maesta; Maestà Altarpiece.
Overview
Two sided altarpiece by Duccio for Siena Cathedral, dismembered and partially lost.
In detail
It is recorded as the work of Duccio di Buoninsegna.
Materials recorded for it are tempera and wood. Recorded constituent parts are Maestà - front of the altarpiece of Siena, Archangel, Angel and The Raising of Lazarus.
The record gives 1308 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is associated with Gothic painting and Proto-Renaissance. Recorded genres are religious painting.
It is recorded in the collection of Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo and Siena Cathedral.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q667202: Maestà
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