
Madonna and Child (Duccio)
1300 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Christ reaches up to push his mother's veil aside. Scorch marks on the original frame record centuries of candles set before it.
★ 6.8

Christ reaches up to push his mother's veil aside. Scorch marks on the original frame record centuries of candles set before it.

Golden rays come off a winged crucified figure in the sky and strike Francis in the hands, feet and side. Giotto signed this one.

The same story at miniature scale, squeezed into a predella panel, and Giotto loses none of the plainness that made it convincing.