Memoirs of the early Italian painters / by Anna Jameson; thoroughly revised and in part rewritten by Estelle M. Hurll.
- Anna Brownell Jameson
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Memoirs of the early Italian painters / by Anna Jameson; thoroughly revised and in part rewritten by Estelle M. Hurll. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![cathedral of Siena, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The high altar then stood in the centre of the church, and the panel was painted on both sides, as it was to be seen both from before and behind the altar. On one side Duccio represented the Duccio history of our Lord in twenty-six small compartments, begin- ning with the [Entry into Jerusalem]. The Crucifixion [in the centre] forms the largest and principal subject. On the other side of the panel was represented the Madonna and Child enthroned, on each side six prophets and ten adoring angels, and lower down, on each side, five saints — in all forty-four figures. When finished this picture was carried in grand pro-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24877888_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
