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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 592704, member: 10171&quot;]From the article link:&nbsp; &quot;We have egg tempera icons centuries old, which, when cleaned, have retained fresh, vivid colours and an unflawed surface. Oil painting, on the other hand, after a <i><b>comparatively short time</b></i> dries out, cracks and flakes. Modern acrylic-based paints tend to become brittle, dull and lifeless when dry, and have the further problem of being inherently opaque--lacking the translucence possible with egg tempera which has always been a striking feature of icons.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That may eliminate &#039;antiquity&#039;... flaking tends to suggest oil or acrylic.&nbsp; And the current practices of commissioning the iconograph suggests it could be &#039;real&#039; - whatever that means. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Could be something a church commissioned, say, over the last 75 years?&nbsp; or maybe a nice &#039;tourist&#039; piece to add income to the painter/commissioned artist... Need an expert beyond that.&nbsp; Not that person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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