Focus on Crevole Madonna and explain the History.
Based on his investigation, Vittorio Lusini believes that the panel was probably made for the Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo of Montepescini and then moved to the Augustinian hermitage of Montespecchio. With the suppression of the hermitage and the transfer of the monks in the 17th century, the panel was moved to the parish Church of Santa Cecilia in Crevole, which also housed the monks of Montespecchio. In recent times it was transferred to the Museo dell'Opera metropolitana del Duomo of the Siena Cathedral where it is located today. It was restored in 1929-1930. The state of conservation is more than satisfactory.
The work is not signed by the artist, nor are there written documents that help in the attribution. However, experts attribute it, without conflicting opinions, to the young Duccio.
As for the elements that led to its dating, the table does not contain any of the Gothic novelties found in the Rucellai Madonna (1285), but the face of the Madonna and Child are already characterized by a figurative sweetness and refinement that are still absent in Duccio's first works, namely the Gualino Madonna (1280-1283). The most correct dating therefore seems to be around 1283-1284.
Gualino Madonna Duccio Montepescini Crevole Siena Siena Cathedral Museo dell'Opera metropolitana del Duomo Rucellai Madonna