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The present panel shows Christ on the Cross, surrounded by his mourning mother Mary on his right and St John on his left. A Dominican nun kneels devoutly in prayer, at the foot of the rock, while blood streams down the wooden cross from the wounds of Christ.
The embossing and ornamentation of the Aureoles are characteristic of Siena and the surrounding area around Niccolò di Segna's time. Extended Gothic figures became the new aesthetic paradigm of Sienese paintings. Niccolo's figures are visibly prolonged and evoke a refined and elegant appearance through a dynamic modeling of the wrinkles.
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