M784: Militia Company of District VIII under the Command of Captain Roelof Bicker Officers and other Civic Guardsmen of the VIII District in Amsterdam under the command of Captain Roelof Bicker and Lieutenant Jan Michielsz Blaeuw
(c.1640-1643)
Biographical information
By:
HELST, Bartholomeus van derExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
235.00 x 750.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-C-375]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Red earth layer with large red chunk (hematite?) and brown particles 2. Coarse, warm grey with white, black, and earth colours
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: White, black, earth colours
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, brown
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Researchers:
Gwen Tauber
Source:
Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database