Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child shows the Virgin Mary in a dark blue mantle and white veil, holding the infant Jesus on her lap while he wears a coral-red garment and gazes up toward her. The figures are set against a gilded ground with a halo around Mary's head, rendered with Duccio's refined line, soft, elongated forms, and gentle shading that typify the Sienese Gothic style and a serene, devotional mood.