Egg tempera on a gessoed wooden panel: thin matte layers of fine hatched strokes, flat burnished gold ground or accents, an arched or rectangular panel. Flat frontal space. People have long oval faces, almond eyes under heavy lids with a calm gaze, long narrow noses, small closed mouths, elongated hands and slender still bodies; skin is modeled over a greenish underlayer with fine warm hatched lights, hair in smooth stylized waves, garments in deep-colored folds. Animals get the same treatment: flat stylized shapes with a clear dark outline, fur as rhythmic hatched strokes, almond eyes, never soft or photographic fur. Fine craquelure. No halos unless asked, no inscriptions or lettering. Madonna and Child beneath a simple arch in a tall arched panel: a seated woman in a deep blue mantle over a muted red robe holding a small child in a pale cream garment on her lap, both facing the viewer with long oval faces, almond eyes and calm gaze, a plain rounded gold arch behind them with a narrow border of small gold dots.
Light: even matte light with warm gold glowing around the figures; palette of deep blue, muted red, warm ivory and burnished gold; calm, reverent, quiet.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. Respectful traditional devotional painting, no halos, no inscriptions, lettering, scripture or logos anywhere, fully clothed figures with covered shoulders, quiet surroundings and calm space around the single subject.
