A painting made with pigments mixed with egg yolk and water. In the 14th and 15th centuries, it was applied to panels which had been prepared with a coating of gesso; the application of gold leaf and of underpainting in green or brown preceded the actual tempera painting. 2) The technique of executing such a painting. (Janson, 1997)
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