Painting on a cut tree

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Thanks for the link. So these Shyuttsenshayben were already in the XVII century, very interesting. But they were made of wood longitudinal cut, but I mainly interested in the cross.

Сообщение от sergejnowo

The cross section of wood, thickness 1 - 3 cm, is not stable and not a practical basis for such things.
In the raw state more or less, and in a dry, - a painting, is not fully fit.
As a rule, during the drying cracks.

Not 100%fact. I think it all depends on the type of wood. Oak, for example - does not crack. The icons on the front saw cut oak - intact. Since the XVIII century and still ends sawing wood used for engraving on wood (woodcuts, before the boards were longitudinal cut) - and no one mentions about the cracking. And those plates, about you, Cyril Syzransky, have mentioned whether they have been cracked?