M604: Venus and Adonis
(c.1672)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HOOGSTRATEN, SamuelExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
82.00 x 73.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Private collection [inv.nr: SvH/V-A]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (G)
Free-text description:
1. Grey matrix with small black, red, and yellow particles and large translucent particles
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Chalk (Ca), quartz (Si), lead white (Pb), red and yellow iron oxide (Fe), carbon black (C)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Lidwien Speleers, Erma Hermens, Moorea Hall-Aquitania
Source:
Sampled by Lidwien Speleers for Erma Hermens's Van Hoogstraten research project. Sample preparation, photography, and SEM by Moorea Hall-Aquitania
Sample information:
Sample(s):
SvH/V-A-1