At the British National Gallery, underneath the Master of Albertini's "Madonna with Child" are several panels from the predella of the Maesta altar by Duccio. It's almost a bit like the curators are pretending that these smaller predella panels, by Duccio, belong with Albertini's painting. It made feel kind of weird. Part of me feels like it's not fair that these panels are in England rather than returned to Italy and reunited with the Maesta Altar. However, if I was a curators at the British National Gallery, or even a private citizen who had these panels in my collection, I would probably be okay with holding on to them.
Nevertheless, it was such an exciting experience to see these panels in person. I've seen so many "canon" great works in person these last three weeks that I'm afraid of losing the memories of my impressions.
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