M599: the Lamentation
(1566)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HEEMSKERCK, MaartenExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
140.00 x 198.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof [inv.nr: PDS 36]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-LP)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk and glue ground 2. A light greyish flesh colour
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light pink
Composition: Black and light particles in a white matrix
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
JRJ van Asperen de Boer
Source:
Asperen de Boer, J.R.J. van. “A Technical Study of Some Paintings by Maarten van Heemskerck.” In Color and Technique in Renaissance Painting: Italy and the North. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1987.