M509: Latona and the Lycian Peasants

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 69.50 × 100.50 Signed YES Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 2573] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LBr-LBr) 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 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 A327 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive