M511: The Egg Merchant

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 37.50 × 27.20 Signed YES Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 11223] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 3 (LY-G-LG) 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 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 A307 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive