The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel

In the central panel, Mary in blue with a red mantle sits beside the infant Jesus laid in a manger inside a simple wooden shelter, with a donkey present and a crowd of halos-lit angels above. The side panels feature the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel standing with scrolls, framing the Nativity and creating a triptych-like composition on a gilded gold ground. The work uses a restrained palette of cobalt blue, red, and earth tones, with elongated, serene figures and linear drapery characteristic of Duccio’s Sienese Gothic-Byzantine style.