M588: The Fall of Ixion

Object information

Artist HAARLEM, Cornelis Cornelisz. Van Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 192.00 × 152.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Boijmans van Beuningen [inv.nr: 3006 (OK)] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (R-G) 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 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.