M651: Italian Landscape

Object information

Artist BOTH, Jan Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 146.80 × 206.00 Signed YES Museum Fitzwiliam Museum [inv.nr: 56] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (DO-DG) 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 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

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 1 HKI1910 Sample location Hamilton Kerr institute