DUCCIO di Buoninsegna
(b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1319, Siena)

Healing of the Blind Man

1308-11
Tempera on wood, 43 x 45 cm
National Gallery, London

The use of space through a delicate balance of scene is to be found in the Healing of the Blind Man. The followers of Christ are grouped in front of a massive crenellated building, while the figure of the blind man, repeated in two distinct narrative moments, is placed in a more open area: the short stretch of road.