M795: An Elderly Couple

Object information

Artist GOSSAERT, Jan Executed in UNKNOWN Support parchment on canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 48.10 × 69.20 Signed UNCLEAR Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG1689] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (W) 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 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