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

Stories of the Passion (Maestà, verso, detail)

1308-11
Tempera on wood
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

The middle levels of the reverse side of the Maestà contain 26 scenes from the story of Christ's Passion. Taken together, they make up the most comprehensive Passion cycle to survive. Stories of all four Gospels formed the basis of Duccio's pictures. They should be read from left to right, and from below to above.

The picture shows 12 scenes of the cycle from the right side of the altarpiece.