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

Peter First Denying Jesus (detail)

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

The figure of the woman servant is one of the few figures in the Maestà to be shown from the back. Judging by the numerous corrections that have been discovered in her garment, Duccio clearly found it difficult to depict the coherent interrelation of lower body, upper body, and head.




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