Duccio di Buoninsegna ca. 1255 – 1319 The prophet Isaiah (Maestà)tempera on panel (43 × 16 cm) — 1308-11 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Duccio di Buoninsegna biography This work is linked to Isaiah 7:14 This panel of Duccio's Maestà shows the prophet Isaiah holding a scroll. The text in Latin reads: "ecce virgo concipiet, et pariet filium, et vocabitur nomen ejus Emmanuel". In the KJV this became "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel". To the right of this panel Duccio showed how the prophecy came true: The Birth of Christ. Rate this work of art: |
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