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Who commissioned the Rucellai Madonna from Duccio in 1285?
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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.
The Rucellai Madonna was commissioned in 1285 by the Compagnia dei Laudesi (a Dominican lay confraternity of singers of praise) at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.12
While the painting was long attributed to the Florentine artist Cimabue by early biographers such as Giorgio Vasari, the discovery of the original employment contract in the State Archives of Florence confirmed that the work was commissioned from Duccio of Siena.2