"La Maestà was moved in 1505," I said.
"When he visited Siena, Vasari could not find it.
In 1771, it was sawed into pieces.
But those things happened centuries later."

"But when was it painted?"

"La Maestà was commissioned in 1308,"
I replied. Only a few years out of school
I still remembered the final_paper-learned date.

"Took three years to paint.
He had to sign a contract
that he take no other jobs.
He had to paint the entire alter
with his own hands."

[ Paths of Memory and Painting]
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