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

Parting from St John (detail)

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

The gesture whereby Mary and St John cross hands and arms in affection repeats itself outside the door as St Peter meets St Paul.




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