Tempera paint

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

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Giotto, The Entombment of Mary, detail with Mary

Giotto, The Entombment of Mary, detail with conversing angels

Giotto, St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1295-1300

Giotto, St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1295-1300 with detail of Francis's face and hands

Giotto, St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1295-1300 with Viewers

Fra Fillippo Lippi, Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement detail with faces

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Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Tempera paint," in Smarthistory, November 25, 2015, accessed January 24, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/tempera-paint/.

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