Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
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Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
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The wand in the angel's hand identifies him as an archangel. With these wands the archangels expelled Satan from heaven, thereby securing their privileged position as messengers of God.
This panel comes from the pinnacle, or top section, of Duccio's large altarpiece known as the Maestà, which he made for the cathedral of Siena. Maestà is an Italian term for a depiction of the Virgin in a heavenly court. The altarpiece was disassembled in 1771.
Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
| Title: | Archangel |
| Date: | By 1311 |
| Artist: | Workshop of Duccio (Duccio di Buoninsegna) (Italian (active Siena and Florence), first documented 1278, died 1318) |
| Medium: | Egg tempera and tooled gold on panel with vertical grain |
| Dimensions: | Overall 9 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (24.4 × 17.1 cm); width at the top 2 3/8 inches (6 cm); width at bottom 2 7/8 inches (7.1 cm); depth 7/16–1/2 inch (1–1.3 cm). Additions: top 5/8 inch (1.5 cm); right 3/8 inch (1 cm) |
| Classification: | Paintings |
| Credit Line: | John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
| Accession Number: | Cat. 88 |
| Geography: | Made in Siena, Italy, Europe |
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Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
Main Building