M772: View of Itamaracá Island in Brazil
(1637)
Biographical information
By:
POST, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
63.50 x 88.50
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh915]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Light brown ground applied in one or two layers, consisting of lead white with a little ochre
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead white, ochre
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Researchers:
Mads Chr. Christensen, B. Berlowicz, Jørgen Wadum
Source:
Buvelot, Quentin, and Albert Eckhout. Albert Eckhout: een Hollandse kunstenaar in Brazilië. Den Haag: Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, 2004.