M518: Modello' for the Assumption of the Virgin
(c.1622-1625)
Biographical information
By:
RUBENS, Peter PaulExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
87.80 x 59.10
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh926]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-G)
Free-text description:
1. Yellowish ground 2. Thin grey priming layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Charcoal black, red and brown earth pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Barbara Schoonhoven
Source:
Mauritshuis documentation, 1993 catalogue
Sample information:
Sample location:
Mauritshuis