Christ Appears to the Apostles Behind Closed Doors (Maestà) is a tempera on panel painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255–1260), created in 1308. Measuring 51 × 39 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from John 20:19-23. This painting is housed at Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo, Piazza Duomo, 8, Siena.
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”