Magus Adoring the Infant Christ and Bishop (triptych, right wing) (verso)

This verso of a portable triptych wing by Bernardo Daddi, dated 1338, shows a Magus adoring the infant Christ alongside a bishop saint. Portable triptychs were designed for private devotion, often used by traveling merchants or clergy, and both sides of the wings carried painted imagery. Daddi excelled at these intimate formats, translating the monumental lessons of Giotto into small-scale works of delicate beauty. Now in the Courtauld Gallery, London, it testifies to the thriving market for personal devotional objects in Trecento Florence.

Egg tempera and gold on the reverse of a hinged wooden panel. The verso painting displays Daddi's refined miniaturist technique, with detailed figures compressed into a small format and the rich gold background providing luminous contrast to the vivid tempera colors.