M795: An Elderly Couple
(c.1520)
Biographical information
By:
GOSSAERT, JanExecuted in:
Support:
parchment on canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
48.10 x 69.20
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG1689]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (W)
Free-text description:
1. Parchment primed with a thin layer of lead white applied with a brush
Paint layers (oil)
parchment on canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: White
Composition: Lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Lorne Campbell, Marika Spring
Source:
Campbell, Lorne. The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600. National Gallery Catalogues. London: National Gallery Company, 2014.
Sample information:
Sample location:
National Gallery London