M761: Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles

Object information

Artist KETEL, Cornelis Executed in London Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 50.30 × 48.60 Signed YES Museum Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-4046] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-W) Description 1. Chalk 2. White second ground

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: White

Composition: White

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Researchers

Arie Wallert

Source

Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database

Sample information:

Sample 1 159/1-8 Sample location Rijksmuseum (PSD)