Duccio di Buoninsegna
Christ's Passion
Back panels of the Maestà
Back panels of the Maestà by DUCCIO di Buoninsegna
The middle levels of the reverse side of the Maestà contain 26 scenes from the story of Christ's Passion. Taken together, they make up the
most comprehensive Passion cycle to survive. Stories of all four Gospels formed the basis of Duccio's pictures.
Stories of the Passion (Maestà, verso)1308-11Tempera on wood, 212 x 425 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Stories of the Passion (Maestà, verso, detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Stories of the Passion (Maestà, verso, detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Entry into Jerusalem (scene 1)1308-11Tempera on wood, 100 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Entry into Jerusalem (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Entry into Jerusalem (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Washing of the Feet (scene 2)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 53 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Last Supper (scene 3)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 53 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Last Supper (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles (scene 4)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 53 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
The Betrayal by Judas (scene 5)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 53 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Agony in the Garden (scene 6)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 76 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Agony in the Garden (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Taken Prisoner (scene 7)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 76 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Taken Prisoner (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Taken Prisoner (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Jesus before Annas (scene 8)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Jesus before Annas and Peter First Denying Jesus (scenes 8-9)1308-11Tempera on wood, 99 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Peter First Denying Jesus (scene 9)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Peter First Denying Jesus (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Before Caiaphas (scene 10)1308-11Tempera on wood, 46 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Mocked (scene 11)1308-11Tempera on wood, 46 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Mocked (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Mocked (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Accused by the Pharisees (sene 12)1308-11Tempera on wood, 49 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Accused by the Pharisees (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Pilate's First Interrogation of Christ (scene 13)1308-11Tempera on wood, 49 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ Before King Herod (scene 14)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Pilate's Second Interrogation of Christ (scene 15)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Pilate's Second Interrogation of Christ (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Flagellation (scene 16)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Crown of Thorns (scene 17)1308-11Tempera on wood, 50 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Pilate Washing his Hands (scene 18)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Pilate Washing his Hands (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Way to Calvary (scene 19)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Crucifixion (scene 20)1308-11Tempera on wood, 100 x 76 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Crucifixion (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Crucifixion (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Crucifixion (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Deposition (scene 21)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Entombment (scene 22)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
The Three Marys at the Tomb (scene 23)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
The Three Marys at the Tomb (detail)1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
The Three Marys at the Tomb (detail)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Christ in Limbo (scene 24)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 54 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Noli me tangere (scene 25)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Road to Emmaus (scene 26)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Jesus and the two disciples On the Road to Emmaus (scene 26) (detail)1308-11Tempera on wood, 51 x 57 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
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Jesus and the two disciples On the Road to Emmaus
The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the
artist Duccio di Buoninsegna.
The front panels make up a large enthroned Madonna and Child with saints and angels, and a predella of the Childhood of Christ with prophets.
The reverse has the rest of a combined cycle of the Life of the Virgin and the Life of Christ in a total of forty-three small scenes; several panels are
now dispersed or lost.
The base of the panel has an inscription that reads (in translation): "Holy Mother of God, be thou the cause of peace for Siena and life to Duccio
because he painted thee thus."
DUCCIO di BuoninsegnaThe Maestà, back panels1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
DUCCIO di BuoninsegnaThe Maestà, front panels1308-11Tempera on woodMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena