Technique of writing of this icon is in use of only natural materials. On board with natural wood base is applied (chalk gesso), on which is written the Holy tempera paints image. Tempera paint is prepared by iconographer from pounded semi-precious stone in conjunction with the egg yolk and wine. For gilding the background, halos and garments gold 585 is used. The mixture of chalk and glue, which is a gesso (primer for painting) in a few decades will become particularly durable, completely soldered "monolith". Egg tempera (mixture of egg yolk and pounded into the semi-precious stone powder: malachite, lapis lazuli, hematite, a mineral pigment, with the addition of wine), it is "petrified" and its stability to external influences is far superior to not only "flimsy" yolk, but any of the minerals used.
Exact size: 30,5x27x3
Weight: 3,6 kg
Price estimated. Icon written under the order
