Pentecost

The central figure of Mary sits with a calm expression, veiled in a dark striped mantle, her hands raised in prayer, surrounded by apostles on both sides. The composition forms a continuous band across the foreground within a shallow architectural setting, with a decorative arch-like backdrop above. The palette is restrained and luminous, using reds, blues, and earth tones, outlined in dark contour lines and rendered with elegant, linear drapery typical of Duccio’s Sienese panel painting of the late medieval period.