M737: Minerva protects Pax from Mars ('Peace and War')
(1629-1630)
Biographical information
By:
RUBENS, Peter PaulExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
203.50 x 298.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG46]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Thick reddish-brown translucent layer composed of calcium carbonate and red earth 2. Very thin upper priming of a warmish mid grey-brown
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition:
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk), red earth
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
National Gallery Scientific Department
Source:
Roy, Ashok. “Rubens’s ‘Peace and War.’” National Gallery Technical Bulletin 20 (1999).
Sample information:
Sample location:
National Gallery London