One Duccio painting here dating from 1290-1300 sees "a sweet yet sorrowful Virgin" tilting her head as "a perky Christ Child tugs at her veil and involuntarily caresses her wrist" with his toes.

I had been looking forward to the National Gallery's exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 for several ...

Duccio’s The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308-1311 (detail) - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ...