Virgin and child

Object information


Artist GOSSAERT, Jan Executed in Middelburg Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 30.70 × 24.30 Signed UNCLEAR Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG 1888] Museum link View on museum site

Data


Description:


Preparatory layers 2 (LY-G) Description 1. Chalk layer 2. Pink-grey layer

Paint layers (oil)

panel


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, charcoal, vermilion


Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)


Data information:


Reliability 2

Researchers

Lorne Campbell and Jill Dunkerton


Source

Campbell, Lorne, and Jill Dunkerton. “A Famous Gossaert Rediscovered.” The Burlington Magazine 138, no. 1116 (1996): 164–73.



Sample information:


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