M748: The Dying Cleopatra
(c.1520-1524)
Biographical information
attributed to
VAN SCOREL, JanExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
36.30 x 61.30
Signed?
NO
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-2843]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LY)
Free-text description:
1. Gesso ground
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium sulphate (gesso)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Researchers:
JRJ van Asperen de Boer, Arie Wallert
Source:
Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database