Apostles Philip and James the Elder

Two apostles, Philip on the left and James the Elder on the right, are depicted full‑face from the waist up with gilded halos against a gold ground, framed by arched shapes behind them. Philip wears a warm pinkish‑orange tunic with a draped mantle and holds a small book, while James is dressed in a pink tunic under a dark cloak and holds a scroll or parchment. The composition is balanced and frontal, rendered in Duccio’s early Sienese style with softly modeled faces, restrained naturalism, and decorative linear quality set against the flat, luminous gold background.