The icon "The Queen stands at Your right hand" (Royal Deesis)

icon handmade. Created using proprietary technology. Wood, canvas, gesso, varnish, patina, wax polish.
In my work I try to follow the traditions developed by the masters of icon painting for many centuries.
I use a board fastened with transverse dowels on the back side, pavoloka to prevent cracking of the paint layer in the future. Leucas and patina.
The original icon "Presta Tsarina" was made in the early 20th century in the workshop of the Chirikovs. At the moment it is in the collection of the famous Russian artist Grigory Leps.
About the icon: « Presta Tsarina at Your Right Hand" (Royal Deisus) - iconographic type of deisus. It depicts Jesus Christ sitting on the throne in iconography, combining the details of the types "King by King" and "Great Bishop" and on either side of him the Virgin in royal robes and John the Baptist.

The iconography illustrates the text of the 44th Psalm: « The Queen stands at Your right hand, her vestments are gilded, her robes are covered with gold... " in his exegetical interpretation: the king is Jesus Christ, the queen is the Mother of God (the Church). Iconography originated in the Byzantine art of the XIV-XV centuries