The Healing of the Man Born Blind

Duccio di Buoninsegna’s The Healing of the Man Born Blind presents a line of figures in rich, contrasting robes moving toward a central, haloed figure who lays a hand on a young man, with another figure to the right gesturing upward. The scene is set in a shallow, architecturally defined space of pale pink and blue buildings with arches and towers, giving it a formal, stage-like quality. The palette is restrained and luminous—blues, greens, pinks, and reds with gold halos—executed in the Sienese Gothic style with clear contours, elongated figures, and decorative drapery rather than naturalistic shading.