M810: Diana and Acteon
(c.1550)
Biographical information
By:
SUSTRIS, LambertExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
102.50 x 133.70
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Christ Church Picture Gallery [inv.nr: JBS 91]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LY)
Free-text description:
1. Thin gesso ground
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium sulphate (gesso)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Ann Massing
Source:
Massing, Ann. “Technical Examination of Lambert Sustris’s ’Diana and Acteon.” Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin 2 (1994).
Sample information:
Sample location:
Hamilton Kerr institute