M014: The Massacre of the Innocents
(1591)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HAARLEM, Cornelis Cornelisz.Executed in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
268.00 x 257.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Frans Hals Museum [inv.nr: OS I-49]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LG)
Free-text description:
1. Light grey ground (up to 140 um thick)
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, lamp black, brown ochre, little organic red, and very little blue (probably smalt)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Ella Hendriks
Source:
Hendriks, Ella. “Haarlem Studio Practice.” In Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850: The Collection of the Frans Hals Museum, 65–96. Ghent: Ludion, 2006.
Sample information:
Sample location:
Frans Hals Museum