M015: The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Object information

Artist HAARLEM, Cornelis Cornelisz. Van Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 246.00 × 419.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Frans Hals Museum [inv.nr: OS I-51] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (R) Description 1. Red ground (two wet-in-wet layers, top slightly lighter) (total up to 200 um thick)

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Red

Composition: Fine red ochre, coarse lead white, a little organic red

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

Ella Hendriks

Source

Hendriks, Ella. “Haarlem Studio Practice.” In Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850: The Collection of the Frans Hals Museum, 65–96. Ghent: Ludion, 2006.

Sample information:

Sample location Frans Hals Museum