M609: Portrait of Sir Norton Knatchbull

Object information

Artist HOOGSTRATEN, Samuel van Executed in London Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) None × None Signed UNCLEAR Museum Dordrechts Museum [inv.nr: DM/021/1451] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (Br) Description 1. Liver-coloured purplish/brown matrix with some bright red, black, and white particles. Ground in samples is about 30-60um thick but that is likely not representative of the layer structure

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Charcoal black (C), red iron oxide (Fe), lead white (Pb)

Data information:

Reliability 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 1 DM/021-1451-1, 2