medium

Panel Painting

Portable painted icon format using a wooden support, executed in encaustic in some early examples and tempera in many later works.

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Materials Laboratory profile

Painted panel system

Painted panels · 5 registered sources

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Source-scope / reconstruction noteThe gesso/linen structure is object-record evidence; the full bole→gold→burnishing sequence is explicitly marked as a modern museum teaching reconstruction, not a universal Byzantine recipe.

Raw material / support2 records

Wood Panelmaterial · source-backed Linen Interlayermaterial · source-backed

Preparation4 records

Linen Facing / Interlayeringtechnique · qualified-source-backed Gesso Groundmaterial · source-backed Gesso Primingtechnique · source-backed Incised Preliminary Designtechnique · qualified-source-backed

Making technique2 records

Egg Temperatechnique · source-backed Pigment Particlesmaterial · qualified-source-backed

Finish / assembly5 records

Gold Leafmaterial · source-backed Bolematerial · qualified-source-backed Bole Gildingtechnique · qualified-source-backed Burnishingtechnique · qualified-source-backed Gold Toolingtechnique · qualified-source-backed

Visual / physical effect2 records

Gold Groundvisual element · source-backed Burnished Gold Reflectancevisual effect · qualified-source-backed

Surviving object evidence1 record

Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variantobject · verified-object

Condition / reconstruction3 records

Surface Abrasionconservation condition · source-backed Varnish Alterationconservation condition · source-backed Icon Panel Making Reconstructionscholarly reconstruction · qualified-source-backed

Explicit graph connections

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Surviving objects

6 explicit edges

Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Panel Painting · ← uses-medium · source-backed Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Wood Panel · ← uses-material · source-backed Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Egg Tempera · ← uses-technique · source-backed Mosaic Tesseraevia Gold Leaf · ← uses-material · source-backed Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Gold Leaf · ← can-use-material · source-backed Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Lukevia Gold Ground · ← displays-element · source-backed

Icon types + scenes

1 explicit edge

Virgin Hodegetriavia Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant · depicts-type · source-backed

History + chronology

1 explicit edge

Sinai Survival of Early Iconsvia Panel Painting · ← preserves-examples-of · source-backed

Places + sacred space

0 explicit edges

No explicit edge in this connection group.

Technical source trail

Sources supporting this making profile.

British Museum
Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; collection image reuse requires current British Museum terms review

British Museum
Icon with four Church Feasts
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; collection image reuse requires current British Museum terms review

The Icon Museum and Study Center
Creation of an Icon
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; modern icon-making demonstration is a reconstruction/teaching source, not universal proof of Byzantine workshop practice

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant
Open source ↗

Public Domain object image on current Met record; Open Access terms apply

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross-Cultural Connections in the Icon of the Virgin and Child
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; object image rights require per-record review

Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

14 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme

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Egg TemperaPanel Painting —can-use-technique→ Egg Tempera · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-119.EncausticPanel Painting —can-use-technique→ Encaustic · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-118.Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)Panel Painting ←uses-medium— Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-771.Gesso GroundPanel Painting —can-use-material→ Gesso Ground · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-348.

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Panel Paintingcan-use-techniqueEgg Temperauses-materialWood Panel
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Panel Paintingcan-use-techniqueEgg Temperacan-use-techniqueManuscript Illumination
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Panel Paintingcan-use-techniqueEgg Temperauses-materialEgg-Yolk Binder
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