M649: Don Rodrigo Calderón on Horseback

Object information

Artist RUBENS, Peter Paul Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 304.80 × 216.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Royal Collection [inv.nr: RCIN404393] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (O-LG) 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 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

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).