M594: The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene (Two Shutters from a Triptych)
(c. 1540)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HEEMSKERCK, MaartenExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
125.70 x 47.70
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG6508.2]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-LG)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk ground 2. Warm, light greyish-brown priming
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, black, red and yellow earths, colourless powdered glass
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Researchers:
Jill Dunkerton, Aviva Burnstock, Marika Spring, Lorne Campbell
Source:
Campbell, Lorne. The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600. National Gallery Catalogues. London: National Gallery Company, 2014.