Paintings

Processional Cross 2

Dimensions cm. 70 x 55

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.

Gilding mission to water and 23 carat gold leaf ¾ - gold shell;
Front Christ inspired by the work of Giunta Pisano;
Back side: Tetramorph and Mystic Lamb.
The pigments used are as follows: Earth of Kassel, Afghani lapislazuli, Iron oxide, Titanium White, Mars Black, Cadmium Red, Naples Yellow, Cerulean Blue, Purple mineral, Cinabrino, Prussian Blue.

Processional Cross

Dimensions cm. 90 x 65

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.

Genuine gold leaf karati 23 ¾, burnished and chiselled;
Gilding mission to water gold leaf karati 23 ¾;
Crucifix front inspired by the work of Giotto, currently stored in the Pinacoteca of Padova;
Risen Christ (back) inspired by the work of Beato Angelico.
The pigments used are as follows: Earth of Kassel, Afghani lapislazuli, Iron oxide, Titanium White, Mars Black, Chrome Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red, Orange Chrome, Naples Yellow, Cerulean Blue, Purple mineral, Cadmium Green, Prussian Blue.

Crucifix I, cm. 43 x 30 Adjusted

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.

Genuine gold leaf karati 22, burnished and chiselled.

This work has been inspired by Giotto's Crucifix which is conserved in Padoa's Picture Gallery.

Special Pigments employed

Prussian blue and different shades of ochre.

Mandilion III, cm. 32 x 23

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.

Genuine gold leaf karati 23 ¾, burnished and chiselled.

The geometrical shape of the icon was made according to the Byzantine canon of Panovsky's three circles theory.

Special Pigments employed

Different shades of ochre, Titanium white, Black vine.

Mandilion II, cm. 32 x 23

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.

Genuine gold leaf karati 23 ¾, burnished and chiselled.

The geometrical shape of the icon was made according to the Byzantine canon of Panovsky's three circles theory.

Special Pigments employed

Different shades of ochre, Titanium white, Black vine.

Madonna Odighitria, cm. 26 x 34.

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.
Genuine gold leaf karati 23¾, burnished and chiselled.

Gold in shell, karati 23¾.

Calligraphy in Cinnabar.

The geometrical shape of the icon was carried out according to the Byzantine canon of Panovsky's three circles theory in planimetric projection.

Special Pigments employed

Different shades of Ochre, Titanium White, Black Vine, Alizarin Crimson, Chrome Yellow, Chrome Orange, Naples yellow dark, Cinnabar.

Crucifix II, cm. 43 x 30

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.
Genuine gold leaf karati 23¾, burnished and chiselled.
This work has been inspired by Giotto's Crucifix which is conserved in Padoa's Picture Gallery and the Crucifix conserved in the Malatestiano's Temple in Rimini.

Special Pigments employed

Prussian blue and different shades of ochre.

Christ Pantocrator, cm. 20 x 25

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels;
Genuine gold leaf karati 23¾ burnished and chiselled. Gold in powder karati 23¾.
The geometrical shape of the icon has been made according to the byzantin canon of Panosky's three circles theory and to the principle of tangents and secants.

Special Pigments employed

Earths and oxides, cadmium red medium extrafine, Prussian blue, oxide chromium orange.

Crucifix I, cm. 43 x 30

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.
Genuine gold leaf karati 22, burnished and chiselled.
This work has been inspired by Giotto's Crucifix which is conserved in Padoa's Picture Gallery.

Special Pigments employed

Prussian blue and different shades of ochre.

Mandilion I, cm. 28 x 23

Egg tempera on gesso ground prime wood panels.
Genuine gold leaf karati 22, burnished and chiselled.
Calligraphy in vermilion genuine.
Free interpretation of the"Acheipoietos" and "Spas Mokraia Boroda"dating back to the XII and XV Centuries.
The geometrical shape of the icon was made according to the Byzantine canon of Panovsky's three circles theory.

Special Pigments employed

Different shades of ochre, Titanium white, Black vine.