M688: Soldiers Looting and Burning a Convent
(c.1642-1678)
Biographical information
By:
SCHELLINKS, WillemExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
83.70 x 96.80
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMSsp555]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
3 (R-G-DG)
Free-text description:
1. Red layer 2. Grey layer, mixes down into red layer 3. Dark grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 3:
Colour: Dark grey
Composition: Carbon black, lead white
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, carbon black
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, chalk, brown earth, bone black, quartz, barite
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
David Buti
Source:
SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)
Sample information:
Sample(s):
89a, 89b