M797: A Man with a Rosary

Object information

Artist GOSSAERT, Jan Executed in UNKNOWN Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 69.00 × 49.10 Signed UNCLEAR Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG656] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LP) Description 1. Chalk 2. Pale salmon-pink priming containing lead white tinted with red lead

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light pink

Composition: Lead white, red lead

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

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