M705: The Artist with his Family
(c.1640)
Biographical information
By:
VAN MANDER III, KarelExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
136.50 x 111.50
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS3814]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Briight red layer with large lead soaps and red lead 2. Light greyish brown layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Chalk, lead white, aluminosilicates, carbon black, red earth, yellow earth, cinnabar
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, chalk, aluminosilicates, barite, carbon black, cinnabar, lead soap, red lead
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Gianluca Pastorelli
Source:
SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)
Sample information:
Sample(s):
648a