M738: The Ambassadors

Object information

Artist HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans Executed in London Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 207.00 × 209.50 Signed YES Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG1314] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-G) Description 1. Chalk ground 2. Thick grey layer of lead white and lamp black

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, lamp black

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

National Gallery Scientific Department

Source

Wyld, Martin. “The Restoration History of Holbein’s ‘Ambassadors.’” National Gallery Technical Bulletin 19 (1998).

Sample information:

Sample location National Gallery London