Duccio di Buoninsegna (Duccio di Buoninsegna) (1260 – 1320) – founder of the Viennese school of painting. It is believed that he was born about 1260 and died about 1320 Staying true to the legends of Byzantine miniatures, however, he tried to revive the Deathly types of images must grace, majesty and calm expression of the spiritual movement, and color – clear, giving smooth transitions tones, and thus created a special style, which were held after the Sienese painters for a century.
Come down to us only one, certainly belonging to it, work – altar paintings, written in 1308 – in 1911 for the Siena Cathedral. It was played on the board, from both sides, front side was Virgin, seated on a throne with the Child-Christ on his hands, and surrounded by angels and saints, and the posterior represented in 26 offices, different, full of dramatic episodes of the Passion,. Subsequently, the board was sawn in half so that each side was a separate picture. Both parts are now on display, one beside the other, in a conference committee structure Siena Cathedral. Affiliation DA others attributed to him, works in most cases is questionable.