M779: Mercury, Argus, and Io

Object information

Artist FABRITIUS, Carel Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 73.50 × 104.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Los Angeles County Art Museum [inv.nr: M.90.20] Museum link View on museum site

Data

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Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LBr) Description 1. Beige-ochre coloured priming with large lead white particles (and umber?)

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Light brown

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Reliability 3

Researchers

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.