M468: Adoration of the Kings

Object information

Artist GOSSAERT, Jan Executed in Middelburg Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 179.80 × 163.20 Signed YES Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG 2790] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-Y) Description 1. Chalk ground 2. Layer of lead white and lead tin yellow

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Yellow

Composition: Lead white, lead tin yellow

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 1

Source

Billinge, Rachel, Lorne Campbell, Jill Dunkerton, Susan Foister, Jo Kirby, Jennie Pilc, Ashok Roy, Marika Spring, Raymond White, and The National Gallery. “Gossaert’s ‘Adoration of the Kings.’” National Gallery Technical Bulletin 18 (1997).