Packet 9: Tossup 17

According to one account, this artwork was commissioned to replace a Madonna of the Large Eyes icon that had helped its city win a violent battle. A gigantic Jesus stands on a mountain and rebukes a black, winged devil (15[1])in a section of (15[1])this artwork (15[2])housed (15[1])at the Frick. (-5[1])A section of this artwork features four local saints named Sabinus, Ansanus, Crescentius, and Victor kneeling. When this artwork was dismantled in 1771, (15[2]-5[1])its backside lost (15[1])some of its (-5[1])twenty-six depictions (15[1])of the Passion of Christ set under a golden (15[1])sky. (15[1])This artwork’s main (15[1])front panel shows (*) thirty-nine angels (-5[1])and saints surrounding (10[1])Mary, (10[1])who holds the baby Jesus (10[1])on her lap. Finished in 1311, (10[1])this artwork serves as the (10[1])main altarpiece of the Siena Cathedral. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Mary sits enthroned with Jesus in majesty (-5[1])in what altarpiece by (10[1])Duccio? (10[3])■END■ (10[8]0[19])

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