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Rucellai Madonna
The Rucellai Madonna is a panel painting by the late medieval Italian painter Duccio di Buoninsegna from Siena. Originally painted for the Societa di S Maria Virginis for Florence's Santa Maria Novella church, the painting now resides in the Uffizi Gallery in the same city. The painting depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels on a gold background.
History.
The altarpiece was commissioned by the "Compagnia dei Laudesi" for the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence. The "Rucellai Madonna" is Duccio
1474 and was constructed with Renaissance columns. It was restored in 1841 by Gaetano Baccani. On the left side there is a lunette with a 14th-century fresco "Madonna and Child with St Catherine". On the front altar there is a wooden crucifix by Baccio da Montelupo (1501).
Interior Rucellai Chapel.
The Rucellai Chapel, at the end of the right aisle, dates from the 14th century. Besides the tomb of Paolo Rucellai (15th century) and the marble statue of the "Madonna and the