M595: The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist (Two Shutters from a Triptych)

Object information

Artist HEEMSKERCK, Maarten van Executed in Haarlem Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 125.70 × 47.80 Signed UNCLEAR Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG6508.1] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LG) 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 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Researchers

Jill Dunkerton, Aviva Burnstock

Source

Campbell, Lorne. The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600. National Gallery Catalogues. London: National Gallery Company, 2014.