M599: the Lamentation

Object information

Artist HEEMSKERCK, Maarten van Executed in Haarlem Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 140.00 × 198.00 Signed YES Museum Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof [inv.nr: PDS 36]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LP) 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 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.