M474: Mercury and Herse

(c.1625)

Mercury and Herse

Object information

Artist POELENBURCH, Cornelis van Executed in Utrecht Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 17.70 × 26.80 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh134] Museum link View on museum site

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LY) 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 2

Researchers

Jørgen Wadum, Sarah Kleiner

Source

Mauritshuis documentation, 1993 catalogue


Sample information:

No sample images available.