M032: Christ Before the High Priest
(c. 1617)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HONTHORST, GerardExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
272.00 x 183.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG3679]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (DO)
Free-text description:
1. Single reddish orange-brown ground
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Dark orange
Composition: Aluminosilicates, quartz, magnesium, calcium carbonate (chalk), yellow and red iron oxides, carbon black, lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Marika Spring
Source:
National Gallery, London science department documentation
Sample information:
Sample(s):
IS1, IS3
Sample location:
National Gallery London