M511: The Egg Merchant

(1632)

Biographical information


By:
BLOEMAERT, Abraham

Executed in:

Utrecht


Support:

panel


Medium:

oil


Dimensions (cm):

37.50 x 27.20


Signed?

YES



Museum:

Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 11223]


Museum-link

RKD-link


Data


Description:


Preparatory layers:

3 (LY-G-LG)


Free-text description:

1. Very thin chalk 2. Grey with brown earth pigments 3. Light grey with large white particles and some black and grey particles


Paint layers (oil)

panel


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 3:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Lead, calcium, iron, silicon


Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead, calcium, iron, silicon


Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)


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):

A307

Sample location:

RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive

No sample images available.