Pieter Isaacsz
1569 - 1625
Allegori på alderdommen. Tiden og den lærde @da; Allegory of Old Age. Time and the Scholar @en
Unknown
oil on canvas, 227 x 343 cm
Dutch school
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From the collection of the
The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK)
Inventory number: KMS1170
Painting preparation
Preparation class:
Coloured (mid-tone to dark)
Preparation colour:
greyish - red
Preparation composition:
The first preparatory layer is orange and is mainly composed of red earth.
The second preparatory layer is orange and is mainly composed of aluminosilicates and red earth. The layer also contains some red lake and carbon-based black; along with a little quartz and lead white.
The third preparatory layer is mid grey and is mainly composed of silicate. The layer also contains a little aluminosilicates, quartz, apatite, red lake, azurite and hematite.
Application technique:
Comment:
References and reports:
Layer description
Layer components
Layer type: ground
Colour: orange
Main component(s): red earth
Further information: The layer consist of two applications.
Layer components
Composition: red earth
Colour: orange
Amount: major
Particle Size: fine and medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Layer description
Layer components
Layer type: ground
Colour: orange
Main component(s): aluminosilicates, red earth
Other component(s): red lake, carbon-based black, quartz, lead white, lead sop
Layer components
Composition: aluminosilicates
Colour: colourless
Amount: major
Particle Size: coarse and medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: red earth
Colour: red
Amount: major
Particle Size: coarse, medium, and fine
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: possibly red lake
Colour: dark red
Amount: minor
Particle Size: coarse and medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: possibly carbon-based black
Colour: black
Amount: minor
Particle Size: coarse and medium
Analytical technique: optical microscopy
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: quartz
Colour: colourless
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: coarse and medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: lead white
Colour: white
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: lead sop
Component type: alteration product
Colour: colourless
Amount: minor
Particle Size: coarse
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Layer description
Layer components
Layer type: ground
Colour: mid grey
Main component(s): silicate
Other component(s): aluminosilicates, quartz, apatite, red lake, azurite, hematite
Further information: Layer function uncertain. It might be a local underpaint.
Layer components
Composition: silicate
Colour: colourless
Amount: major
Particle Size: fine
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Further information: Probably magnesium and iron rich clay.
Composition: aluminosilicates
Colour: colourless
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: coarse and medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: quartz
Colour: colourless
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: apatite
Colour: colourless
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: medium
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: red lake
Colour: dark red
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: coarse
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: azurite
Colour: blue
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: coarse
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Composition: hematite
Colour: red
Amount: occasional
Particle Size: coarse
Analytical technique: SEM - EDX
Protocol: CATS_cross-section-images_analysis_2019_rev4
Date of analysis: 2020-03-03
Analysis carried out by: Gianluca Pastorelli (CATS-SMK)
Sample
Sample inventory number:
KMS1170-F1
Institute:
The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK)
Sample type:
cross section
Sampling
Date:
2008-01-01
Taken from:
original support
Sampling location:
Blue green from woman's clothing, above her left hand
Sample preparation
Date:
Unknown
Sample preparation protocol:
CATS protocol rev4
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