M660: Paris giving Venus the Apple

Object information

Artist HAENSBERGEN, Jan van Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 36.50 × 53.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS1877] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LR-R) Description 1. Light red layer 2. Red layer

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Red

Composition: Red earth, feldspar, chalk

Layer 1:

Colour: Light red

Composition: Kaolin, chalk, red earth, carbon black, lead white

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

David Buti

Source

SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)

Sample information:

Sample 1 245a, 245b