M474: Mercury and Herse
(c.1625)
Biographical information
By:
VAN POELENBURCH, CornelisExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
17.70 x 26.80
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh134]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LY)
Free-text description:
Thin, yellowish-white chalk layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Jørgen Wadum, Sarah Kleiner
Source:
Mauritshuis documentation, 1993 catalogue