M514: Adoration of the shepherds

Object information

Artist BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in Utrecht Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 166.50 × 200.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 14281] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (Br-LBr) Description 1. Layer of translucent brown 2. Upper layer of light brown with particles of lead white and brown earth

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

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

Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Silicon, aluminum, potassium, iron, titanium, lead, magnesium, carbon, manganese

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 A219, A320 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive