Encaustic painting
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Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. The molten mix is applied to a surface—usually pr
A 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt, depicting Peter the Apostle
Fayum mummy portrait
The Mummy of Demetrios, 95–100 C.E.,11.600a-b, Brooklyn Museum
A modern-day encaustic painting using wax crayons, Martina Loos, 2009.
Karl Zerbe
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Karl Zerbe was a German-born American painter and educator.
Zerbe's painting Beacon Hill, held by the Detroit Institute of Arts