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What is an egg portrait?

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You may be referring to portraits made in "egg tempera." Egg Tempera was a European method of painting that used ground pigments mixed with egg and applied in fine thin layers. Egg Tempera portraits are most always small in size and rendered in fine and delicate detail. Many will crack over time.

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