A man stands on a rocky, tan-colored outcropping and gestures to two men in a rowboat, all against a gold background in this square painting. The men’s pale skin is tinged with gray but they have rosy cheeks, and all three have beards. The outcropping rises steeply up along the left edge of the panel. The man who stands on it has long brown hair, a straight nose, and a small mouth. A halo is incised with geometric designs around his head against the gold background. He wears a crimson-red robe under a sea-blue mantle, both of which are edged with a line of gold. He holds up his blue robe…
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The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew

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

1308-1311

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 42.7 × 45.5 cm (16 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.) ; overall: 43.3 × 46.2 × 4.4 cm (17 1/16 × 18 3/16 × 1 3/4 in.) ; framed: 54.61 × 57.15 × 4.45 cm (21 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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