M508: Adoration of the Magi
(1624)
Biographical information
By:
BLOEMAERT, AbrahamExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
168.80 x 193.70
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 2575]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (O-LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Red earth layer 2. Light brown layer based on lead white with small brown and black particles
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead, sodium, silicon, aluminum, potassium, calcium, iron
Layer 1:
Colour: Orange
Composition: Lead, silicon, aluminum, sodium, potassium, calcium
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
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(s):
A220
Sample location:
RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive