The Archangel Raphael

Hand-painted (written) icon in iconographic studio by iconographer M.A. Krystyna Kuś-Kilichowska graduate from Nicolaus Copernicus University, Art Conservation and Restoration Faculty.

Icon painted (written) using old traditional techniques:

• gilded with golden leaves 23.75 karat
• painted on gesso a number of substrates made from a traditional mix of an animal glue binder and chalk
• painted in egg tempera technique
• painted on a linden wood
• provided with tapered and dove-tailed battens inserted into the back
  (like icons from the 12th to 15th centuries)
• icon covered with amber shellac and varnish