Once the motifs had been drawn on the ground, the outlines
were incised with a needle. This gave the painter the
guide he needed once the original drawn design had been
obscured by paint. The engraved design on the St Olav
frontal was done in relatively |
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fine detail, but the correspondence between the lines
and the final painting is not always complete. As an example,
the engraved outline of the dead king's body shows that
the original intention was to paint him wrapped in a shroud,
not a loincloth. |
