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Duccio's Madonna and Child
December 21, 2004–June 13, 2005
European Paintings Galleries, 2nd floor
Together with Giotto, Duccio di Buoninsegna (active by 1278; died 1318) is considered one of the two principal founders of Western European painting. His early Renaissance masterpiece Madonna and Child (ca. 1300), recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum, is now on display in Gallery 3 of its new home in the European Paintings Galleries. Among the great single acquisitions of the last half century and a work of sublime beauty, the addition of the Duccio to the Museum’s collection enables visitors to follow the entire trajectory of European painting from its beginnings to the present.
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