Who painted Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà)?

Duccio di Buoninsegna painted Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà) in 1308.

What Bible passage does Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà) depict?

Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà) depicts the biblical scene from John 20:19-23.

Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà) by Duccio di Buoninsegna

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Created: 1308 - 1311
Dimension: 51cm × 39cm
Method: tempera on panel
Passage: John 20:19-23
Housed at: Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo Piazza Duomo, 8, Siena

This scene is on one of the back crowning panels of the Maestà.

The episodes Appearance Behind Locked Doors and Doubting St Thomas take place in the same surroundings, the house where the apostles took refuge for fear of the Jews. The door in the centre, firmly shut with a horizontal bar (a detail which emphasizes the miraculous nature of the event), frames and shows up the dominant figure of Christ, towards whom the two groups of apostles are converging.