Christ before Pilate Again (top); Christ Before Herod (bottom)
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Two stacked panels present a continuous narrative: the top shows Christ before Pilate with Jesus in a pale robe and halo, facing the seated ruler in red while a line of soldiers and onlookers fills a colonnaded space behind them. The bottom panel continues the scene as Christ stands before Herod in a throne room, with Herod and his entourage on a raised dais and a crowd of courtiers and guards lining the opposite wall. The painting embodies the Italo-Byzantine Gothic style of Duccio, with linear, frontal figures, delicate drapery, gold halos, and a restrained palette of reds, blues, ochres, and creams, organized by architectural framing to emphasize narrative clarity.
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