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technique

Encaustic

Painting technique in which pigment is suspended in wax; several early panel icons preserved at Sinai use this method.

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Encaustic

Encaustic · 2 registered sources

Source-scope / reconstruction noteThe current BIU graph has source-backed Sinai encaustic context but no separate verified museum-object archive record for the Sinai panel.
Raw material / support3 records
Making technique1 record
Surviving object evidence0 records
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Byzantine State under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)
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Smarthistory
Icon with Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
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  1. Encausticcan-use-techniquePanel Paintingused-inGold Ground
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  2. Encausticcan-use-techniquePanel Paintingcan-use-techniqueEgg Tempera
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  3. Encausticcan-use-techniquePanel Paintingcan-use-materialLinen Interlayer
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uses-material
Wood Panel
source-backed · Smarthistory
represented-at
Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery
example-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← can-use-technique
Panel Painting
source-backed · Smarthistory
← preserves-examples-using
Sinai Survival of Early Icons
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-material
Wax Binder
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
uses-material
Pigment Particles
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Sinai Preservation Context
example-backed · Smarthistory

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Smarthistory
Icon with Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; page imagery separately credited
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Byzantine State under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only

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