M512: The Farmer

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 37.50 × 27.60 Signed YES Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 11222] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LBr) Description 1. Very thin chalk 2. Light grey with large white particles and some fine black and brown particles

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead, calcium, silicon, iron

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 A308 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive