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Which church in Florence commissioned Duccio’s Rucellai Madonna?
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Duccio
The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints, central panel of the Maestà, tempera on wood panel by Duccio, 1308–11; in the Siena Opera della Metropolitana, Italy.
Duccio’s Rucellai Madonna was commissioned by the Compagnia dei Laudesi, a Dominican lay confraternity, for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.12
Although the altarpiece was long attributed to the Florentine painter Cimabue due to the influence of biographer Giorgio Vasari, an employment contract discovered in 1790 confirmed that the work was commissioned from Duccio in 1285. The painting was originally installed above the altar at Santa Maria Novella and was later moved to the Rucellai chapel within the same church, which is how it acquired its name.21