M649: Don Rodrigo Calderón on Horseback
(c.1612-1615)
Biographical information
By:
RUBENS, Peter PaulExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
304.80 x 216.50
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Royal Collection [inv.nr: RCIN404393]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (O-LG)
Free-text description:
1. Orange layer of chalk, earth pigments and some lead white 2. Uniform cool grey layer of lead white and carbon black pigments
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, carbon black
Layer 1:
Colour: Orange
Composition: Chalk, earth pigments, lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
NO
Researchers:
Anna Cooper, Mary Kempski
Source:
Cooper, Anna, and Mary Kempski. “Sir Peter Paul Rubens’ Don Rodrigo Calderón on Horseback.” Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin 5 (2014).