M389: Reclining Venus
(c.1540-1560)
Biographical information
By:
SUSTRIS, LambertExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
116.00 x 186.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-3479]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-G)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk (?) 2. Lead white, charcoal black, a little earth
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, charcoal black, earth pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Arie Wallert
Source:
Wallert, Arie. “The Impact of Oil: 16th Century Netherlandish Responses to Italian Challenges.” Rijksmuseum Bulletin 56, no. 1 (2008): 214–27.
Sample information:
Sample location:
Rijksmuseum (PSD)