The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea

The central panel shows the Virgin Mary in a cobalt blue mantle holding the infant Jesus, both surrounded by gilded halos against a gold ground with a radiating pattern and small angels. The scene is framed by the folding shutters, with Saint Dominic on the left in a dark habit holding a book and Saint Aurea on the right in a pink robe, each set against gold fields in a pointed arch format. The palette emphasizes gold, blue, and earth tones, and the figures are rendered with elegant line, soft modeling, and a restrained, hierarchical composition characteristic of Duccio’s late medieval, Gothic-Byzantine style.