Madonna di Crevole

Madonna di Crevole shows the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap against a gilded gold ground, with two small angels in the upper corners. The Virgin wears a dark mantle with a red inner veil, her head tilted in a gentle, contemplative pose as the infant reaches toward her cheek; their faces are calm and somewhat elongated, with a restrained, devotional expressivity. The composition is frontal and intimate, using a limited palette of gold, black, and pale flesh tones, with linear patterns in the drapery that reflect Duccio’s Byzantine-influenced Sienese style.