M704: Still Life with Thistle and Snake
(1663)
Biographical information
By:
VAN SCHRIECK, Otto MarseusExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
60.50 x 50.50
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMSst276]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (DBr-LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Dark brown layer 2. Light brown layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead white, carbon black, aluminosilicates, quartz, feldspar, chalk, yellow earth
Layer 1:
Colour: Dark brown
Composition: Chalk, brown earth, umber, aluminosilicates, feldspar, quartz, red earth
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SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)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):
474a, 474b