Duccio di Buoninsegna (artist) Italian, c. 1255 - 1318 The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308/1311 tempera on panel Overall: 43.5 x 46 cm (17 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 53.3 x 55.9 x 4.4 cm (21 x 22 x 1 3/4 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1939.1.141

From the Tour: Byzantine Art and Painting in Italy during the 1200s and 1300s
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Provenance

Commissioned, part of the Maestà, for the Duomo, Siena, and installed on the high altar 9 June 1311, until sometime before 1878;[1] possibly Giuseppe and Marziale Dini, Colle Alto, Val d'Elsa, near Siena, by 1879; purchased 1886, probably from Dini, by (Charles Fairfax Murray, London and Florence) for Robert Henry [1850-1929] and Evelyn Holford [1856-1943] Benson, London and Buckhurst Park, Sussex; sold 1927 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York). Clarence H. Mackay, Roslyn, New York, by 1929; purchased 1934 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1939 to NGA.

[1] The Maestà was removed from the high altar and partially dismantled in 1506. It was transferred in 1771 to S. Ansano, Castelvecchio, and cut into sections. Major panels were in the Duomo in 1795, but several small panels were missing. The panels remaining in 1878 were transferred to the Museo del Duomo.

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• Benson, Robert Henry and Evelyn Holford
• Dini, Guiseppe and Marziale
• Duomo, Siena
• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
• Mackay, Clarence H.
• Murray, Charles Fairfax

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