M588: The Fall of Ixion
(c.1588)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HAARLEM, Cornelis Cornelisz.Executed in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
192.00 x 152.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Boijmans van Beuningen [inv.nr: 3006 (OK)]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Thin red earth layer barely filling the threads 2. Thick grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, chalk, fine (lamp) and course black particles
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Researchers:
Karin Groen, Annetje Boersma, Jeroen Giltaij
Source:
Boersma, Annetje, and Jeroen Giltaij. “The Intriguing Changes through Restoration of a Newly Discovered Painting by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem.” In Looking Through Paintings: The Study of Painting Techniques and Materials in Support of Art Historical Research, 147–58. Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek. Baarn: De Prom, 1998.