Christ Accused by the Pharisees (top); Pilate's First Interrogation of Christ (bottom)

Duccio presents two horizontal narrative panels framed by slender columns, creating a shallow architectural stage for the scenes. In the top register a crowd on the left gestures and accuses while a central figure in red faces them, with officials and soldiers on the right; in the bottom register Pilate sits on a raised bench to the right, addressing Christ who stands before him as guards stand behind. The palette relies on warm pink ochre walls and red, blue, and earth-toned garments, and the figures are rendered with clear linear outlines and restrained modeling characteristic of Duccio’s Gothic-tinged style.