M049: Christ Among the Doctors

Object information

Artist BABUREN, Dirck van Executed in Utrecht Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 188.00 × 208.00 Signed YES Museum Nasjonalmuseet Oslo [inv.nr: NG.M.00109] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (R-G) Description 1. Red ground in two applications 2. Thin grey priming

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, iron, manganese (umber)

Layer 1:

Colour: Red

Composition: Iron and aluminium silicates (clay material), iron oxide red, lead-containing fluorescent lumps (lead soaps?), red lead

Data information:

Reliability 1

Source

Plahter, Leif Einar, and Unn Simonsen Plahter. “The Young Christ among the Doctors by Teodoer van Baburen. Technique and Condition of a Dutch Seventeenth Century Painting on Canvas.” In Conservare Necesse Est, 42–67. Oslo: IIC Nordic Group, 1999. Sent by Cynthia Osiecki