M777: Raising of Lazarus

Object information

Artist FABRITIUS, Carel Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 210.50 × 140.00 Signed YES Museum Muzeum Narodowe [inv.nr: M.Ob.563] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (R-G) Description 1. Mixture of red-brown earth 2. Large grains of lead white, unidentified blue (smalt?), and a little black

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, blue, black

Layer 1:

Colour: Red

Composition: Red and brown earth

Data information:

Reliability 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Researchers

Aleksandra Janiszewska, Jørgen Wadum

Source

Wadum, Jørgen. “Are the Changed Appearances of Carel Fabritius’ Paintings a Consequence of Mobility?” In Ground Layers in European Painting 1550-1750, edited by Anne Haack Christensen, Angela Jager, and Joyce H. Townsend, Vol. V. CATS Proceedings. London: Archetype Publications, 2019.

Sample information:

Sample location Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie