M796: A Young Princess (Dorothea of Denmark?)
(c.1530-1532)
Biographical information
By:
GOSSAERT, JanExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
38.20 x 29.10
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG2211]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-W)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk 2. Lead white priming
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: White
Composition: Lead white
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
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