Gualino Madonna

Duccio di Buoninsegna's Gualino Madonna shows the Virgin seated on a throne against a gilded background, holding the Christ Child on her lap while two small angels hover in the upper corners. Mary wears a dark blue mantle over a reddish robe, and the infant is dressed in a pale pink garment; both figures have halos and tranquil, elongated features. The composition is frontal and vertically arranged, with stylized drapery, flat areas of color, and a gold ground that typify Sienese Gothic painting and Duccio's refined devotional style.