Reconfiguration of the back of the Maesta Altarpiece of Siena

The back of the Maesta is organized as a grid of small rectangular panels arranged in two tiers, each panel containing a narrative scene set against a gold ground. Figures are frontal and elongated, with strong dark outlines, halos, and carefully modeled drapery, while the backgrounds include simple architectural or landscape elements and a warm palette of gold, ochre, red, blue, and green. The overall style reflects Duccio’s late medieval Siena school, blending Byzantine formalism with a developing sense of space and narrative clarity that points toward the early Renaissance.