M772: View of Itamaracá Island in Brazil

Object information

Artist POST, Frans Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 63.50 × 88.50 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh915] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LBr) 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 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.