M506: Joseph and his brothers

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 134.60 × 205.70 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 8289] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (O-G) Description 1. Thick red earth layer rich in aluminosilicates with lead soaps and red lead 2. Thin grey layer with very fine black tinting a mixture based on lead white

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead, silicon, aluminum, calcium, potassium, iron

Layer 1:

Colour: Orange

Composition: Lead, silicon, aluminum, iron, potassium, magnesium, calcium

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

JRJ van Asperen de Boer, Moorea Hall-Aquitania

Source

Centraal Museum documentation, RKD samples

Sample information:

Sample 1 A306 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive