Vasile Munteanu din Săliște

This painter from Săliște in the late 1700s made religious scenes on wood and paper. Look at the 1799 “Buna Vestire,” a delicate hand with a drawn dove above Mary’s head, or “Intrarea în biserică a Maicii Domnului,” where the Virgin steps into a candlelit church interior. The drawings “Schimbarea la față” and “Soborul Sfinților Apostoli” show the same careful linework and gold-leaf details. Next, tap into the 1799 oil on wood panel “Buna Vestire” to see how gold grounds the scene.