M389: Reclining Venus

Object information

Artist SUSTRIS, Lambert Executed in Venice Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 116.00 × 186.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-3479] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-G) 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 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)