Painting on glass is an art technique by which the artist paints a picture on the reverse side of a glass surface.
Magdalena Hniedziewicz specializes in religious themes and in particular the Madonna and Child.  Each of her beautiful paintings is enclosed in a hand made paper mache frame with a leather back.  Signed and dated by the artist.

The icon painting of Mary and the baby Jesus, sometimes referred to as the Black Madonna, resides in the fortified monastery of Jasna Gora (Luminous Hill) in the city of Czestochowa. This Miraculous Painting of the Mother of God was brought to Poland in 1384 by the Pauline Monks. Mary, Queen of Poland as she is revered has been the object of pilgrimages ever since.