M508: Adoration of the Magi

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 168.80 × 193.70 Signed YES Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 2575] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (O-LBr) 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 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 A220 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive