M725: Portrait of Erard de la Marck
(c.1528-1530)
Biographical information
By:
VERMEYEN, Jan CorneliszExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
64.40 x 55.50
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-4069]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-P)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk 2. Peach coloured preparatory layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Pink
Composition: Lead white, organic red, vermilion, (charcoal?) black, possibly chalk
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Abbie Vandivere
Source:
Bagley-Young, Abigail. “Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen’s ‘Cardinal Erard de La Marck’ and ‘Holy Family’: A Diptych Reunited.” The Burlington Magazine 150, no. 1259 (2008): 76–82.