M513: Bust of an old man

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 37.40 × 27.50 Signed YES Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 7369] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (Br) Description 1. Chalk ground 2. Brown earth layer

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Lead, silicon, iron, aluminum, calcium, manganese, iron, potassium

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium, silicon lead, magnesium

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 A309 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive