Dutch still life with fruit and apricot Painting

This is a copy of a painting by the German artist Moritz Tettelbache from 1870, which was painted using the ancient technique of the Dutch masters, multi-layer painting. I wanted to recreate the old Dutch painting technique using multi-layered dead-layer painting. This ancient technique was lost and now some artists are beginning to use it to reproduce copies of paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Each layer is carefully drawn and dried, so the colors of each new layer are superimposed on the previous layer and the painting is very transparent. One of the layers is called the “dead layer” because it is painted with cold tones of paint. All layers interact and we see the richness and beauty of all the colors in the picture. This technique allows the painting to be preserved for several centuries. At the same time, the paints do not change color and do not crumble. Using this technique and style of writing, the artist was able to convey the realism and beauty of the fruit. He used a rich colorful palette in the painting, where the colors interact with each other through transparent layers and enrich each other. They are saturated and rich in shades. Finally, the painting is varnished to protect it from external factors and ensure better preservation.