In this master's thesis, the traditional technology of making icons is presented. The paper consists of a general part that deals with the history of development, typology, iconography and the use of the icons in general, and an experimental part that presents the making of a copy of the icon "The Virgin and Child", type Hodegetria - (iconographic depiction of the Virgin holding the child Jesus points to him as the source of salvation for mankind). The copy was made using the template of an icon from the 19th century owned by the Sisters of Mercy Monastery in Dubrovnik. The entire process of making a copy of the mentioned icon is described in detail - from the preparation of the wooden base, which consisted of precise taking of measures, sanding, impregnation, preparation, insulation, gilding and polishing the gilding, on which the sketch was then transferred with a blunt pencil with minimal pressure to the basic outlines of the icon are imprinted in the base, as in the original, right up to painting with oil paints and varnishing, which is also the final segment of the practical part of the work. With this master's thesis, an effort was made to keep as much as possible to the traditional technologies of making icons, but some parts still had to be replaced by a more modern approach to work, which greatly helped in its realization.