M810: Diana and Acteon

Object information

Artist SUSTRIS, Lambert Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 102.50 × 133.70 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Christ Church Picture Gallery [inv.nr: JBS 91] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LY) 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 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