M516: Head of an Old Man

Object information

Artist copy after BLOEMAERT, Abraham Executed in UNKNOWN Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 37.70 × 27.70 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Centraal Museum [inv.nr: 5315] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY) 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, calcium, silicon, aluminum, iron, manganese

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium, lead, silicon

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 A326 Sample location RKD, JRJ van Asperen de Boer archive