M129: Portrait of three Children and a Man

Object information

Artist KEYSER, Thomas de Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 133.00 × 92.00 Signed YES Museum Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-1545] RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (O-G) Description 1. Orange ground (up to 150 um thick) 2. Grey ground (arounf 50 um thick)

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, carbon black (charcoal), some aluminosilicates, quartz, calcium, small amounts of iron and copper

Layer 1:

Colour: Orange

Composition: Orange ochre (aluminosilicates) with traces of potassium, iron, and titanium, large particles of quartz (silicon), small carbon black particles

Data information:

Reliability 1

Researchers

Arie Wallert, Moorea Hall-Aquitania

Source

Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database

Sample information:

Sample location Rijksmuseum (PSD)