Anyone who entered the cathedral before 1506 would have been able to admire on the high altar the astounding Maestà, the popular name for The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels, painted by Duccio di Buoninsegna and now housed in the nearby Museo dell’Opera. On 9 June 1311, after a solemn procession in which all the people of Siena festively took part, the work was placed on the . . .