Painting Fixed under glass 19th century

Painting early 19th century. Technique / painting under glass is a unique technique because the work is done on the back of the glass. While on a canvas we sketch the composition in broad strokes and then execute the flat areas of color to gradually finish with the details, in painting on reverse glass we proceed in the opposite way. Unlike the normal technique, to execute the details (the nose, the eyes, the flowers) before the background (the face, the landscape), the spectator having to look at the finished work on the unpainted side of the plate. glass.

Ref. : 952SS3A9