M586: Portrait of William I (1533-1584), Prince of Orange
(c. 1579)
Biographical information
By:
KEY, Adriaen Thomasz.Executed in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
48.00 x 34.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh225]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-G)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk ground 2. Grey imprimatura
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition:
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Carol Pottasch
Source:
Pottasch, Carol. “The Transformation of Adriaen Thomasz. Key’s Portrait of William of Orange.” Ge-Conservacion 18, no. 1 (2020): 190–99.