M651: Italian Landscape
(c.1635-1641)
Biographical information
By:
BOTH, JanExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
146.80 x 206.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Fitzwiliam Museum [inv.nr: 56]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (DO-DG)
Free-text description:
1. Red-orange ground layer 2. Dark grey ground layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Dark grey
Composition: Lead white, charcoal black, yellow earths, chalk
Layer 1:
Colour: Dark orange
Composition: Red, yellow, and brown earth pigments, charcoal black, silicate material
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
NO
Researchers:
Bradford Epley, Paul van Laar
Source:
Epley, Bradford. “Jan Both’s Italian Landscape: Materials, Technique and Treatment.” Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin 3 (2000).
Sample information:
Sample(s):
HKI1910
Sample location:
Hamilton Kerr institute