M786: Portrait of the Governors of the Kloveniersdoelen

(1642)

Biographical information

By:

FLINCK, Govert

Executed in:

UNKNOWN

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

203.70 x 275.40

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-C-370]

Museum-link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

3 (R-DG-G)

Free-text description:

1. Homogenous red-orange ground 2. Coarse, dark grey second ground layer with charcoal black, lead white, and yellow ochre 3. Mid-grey third ground layer with black, white, and yellow

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 3:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Black white, yellow

Layer 2:

Colour: Dark grey

Composition: Charcoal black, lead white, and yellow ochre

Layer 1:

Colour: Red

Composition: Red earth

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Researchers:

Gwen Tauber

Source:

Rijksmuseum Paint Sample Database

Sample information:

Sample(s):

SK-C-370

Sample location:

Rijksmuseum (PSD)