# Temptation on the Temple \(scene 2\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DUCCIO di Buoninsegna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 48 x 50 cm

## Commentary

The panels illustrating the second and third temptations of Christ \(the first one, in the wilderness, is thought to have been on the smaller side, imagining the predella as a three-dimensional structure\) display considerable progress in the composition and arrangement of space. The tiled floor and the pillars, visible in the interior of the building in the Temptation on the Temple, are rendered successfully in perspective; they accompany the polygonal form of the building, without breaking up its rigorous geometry.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rb5fb2332f396f8>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(scene 3\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/adoration-of-the-magi-scene-3-r2032fb2a8cd9cb>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r4437d7b4660342>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r630fd3fe805e46>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(scene 6\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-scene-6-r437a2d0e450500>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-detail-r233b0ce7a0842b>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-detail-r5c845197e32f13>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(panel 1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-panel-1-r8187cddad9950c>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-detail-r4571e73e4ad604>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-detail-r94c1f02942a7b6>)
- [Annunciation \(scene 1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-scene-1-r47b5570150e1a8>)
- [Appearance Behind Locked Doors \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/appearance-behind-locked-doors-detail-r44c1990d42c434>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)