M057: Prometheus Chained by Vulcan
(1623)
Biographical information
By:
VAN BABUREN, DirckExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
201.00 x 182.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-1606]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LR-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Orange-red ground 2. Greyish-brown layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Carbon black, lead white, brown earth
Layer 1:
Colour: Light red
Composition: Red earth, aluminosilicates, quartz, chalk, lead white, bone black
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Researchers:
Moorea Hall-Aquitania
Source:
Moorea Hall-Aquitania, Erma Hermens sampling and examination