M596: Still life with flowers and a watch
(c.1660-1679)
Biographical information
By:
MIGNON, AbrahamExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
60.00 x 75.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-268]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
3 (R-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Red/brown chalk-based ground 2. Greyish brown ground applied in two layers 3. Thin light grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 3:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white (cerrusite, hydrocerrusite), chalk, fine carbon black
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Lead white (cerrusite, hydrocerrusite), earth pigments (geothite, hematite), quartz,
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Chalk, earth pigments (hematite, goethite), lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Nouchka de Keyser, Arie Wallert
Source:
Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database