Original artwork description:

"The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" is a Romanian traditional icons on acrylic glass, painted in reverse side technique, with hand painted MDF frame. The front of the frame is covered with golden leaf, as seen in the attached photos.
In the center of the composition, on the horizontal, is the Virgin Mary lying on the catafalque with her hands crossed on her chest, covered with a cerement, surrounded by three sorrowful apostles, two on the right and one on the left. In the central plane, on a vertical level, there is Jesus Christ, who blesses with one hand, while with the other he holds a wrapped baby, which symbolizes the soul of His Blessed Mother.

TECHNIQUE: oil&acrylic colors with gold leaf on Guttagliss Hobbyglas - a high quality glass made from hard polystyrene. The resistance to breakage is about 10 times higher than the actual glass of the same thickness.
MDF frame is painted in acrylics&golden leaf and protected with special gloss varnish for wood; is provided with hanger so it is ready to be put on the wall.

If you want this icon at another size or if you want a painting with another saint or another scene, do not hesitate to contact me. I will make for you a recommendation and a price offer.

Painting icons on glass is a traditional Romanian activity. Folk icons on glass are painted on the reverse side of the glass. First, the outlines are drawn with black inkr. Then each area is filled with tempera or oil colors. This has been a Romanian folk tradition since the 18th century. In our villages, the knowledge is passed from generation to generation, from parents to children. Many artists remain anonymous. These icons are primitive,colorful, glamorous - and very modern as a plastic conception.
A „definition” of the glass icon says that it has to be done according to a model (izvod). It usually has no anatomical proportions, but balanced chromatic patterns . The models currently used are 200-300 years old.
The writing is Cyrillic. There are several elements of a typical icon on glass: it represents a character or more, the remaining space is filled with flowers borders, rope borders, or stars borders.

Materials used:

Guttagliss Hobbyglas/acrylic glass/plexiglass, wood, oil colors, acrylics, golden leaf

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