M509: Latona and the Lycian Peasants

(1646)

Biographical information


By:
BLOEMAERT, Abraham

Executed in:

Utrecht


Support:

canvas


Medium:

oil


Dimensions (cm):

69.50 x 100.50


Signed?

YES



Museum:

Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 2573]


Museum-link

RKD-link


Data


Description:


Preparatory layers:

2 (LBr-LBr)


Free-text description:

1. Translucent lower layer that may be chalk 2. Light brown upper layer with white, black, and brown particles


Paint layers (oil)

canvas


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead, calcium, silicon, iron, manganese


Layer 1:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Calcium (high), lead, silicon


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):

A327

Sample location:

RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive

No sample images available.