Our Lady of Ostra Brama - Icon by Milada Kessling.

This image is based on the icon of The Mother of Mercy, Our Lady of Ostra Brama by the unknown artist, circa 1620, Vilnius. I pained it by an old method; using hand-mixed, pure pigments and an egg as a medium, on a carefully prepared, aged board primed with many layers of gesso which when set, I engraved to obtain a relief-sculpture effect. The original icon is gilded with real gold.

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