This horizontal painting is made up of three parts: in the center square panel, a woman reclines under a wooden shelter set into a rocky cave, which is surrounded by angels, and narrower wings to either side are each occupied by a standing man. All the people have pale skin, which is tinged with faint green. The three panels are joined with a gold frame, and the gold background behind the central scene and the men in the side panels are covered with a noticeable network of cracks. In the central panel, a cobalt-blue robe nearly envelopes the reclining woman’s body; this is Mary. It covers…
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The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel

painter Duccio di Buoninsegna (Sienese, c. 1250/1255 - 1318/1319)

1308-1311

Medium
tempera on single poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface (left side image): 43 × 16 cm (16 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.) ; painted surface (center image): 43 × 43.9 cm (16 15/16 × 17 5/16 in.) ; painted surface (right side image): 43 × 16 cm (16 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.) ; overall (including…
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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