M024: Portrait of an Unknown Man
(c.1660-1663)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
80.00 x 67.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Fitzwiliam Museum [inv.nr: 150]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Red ground 2. Grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, charcoal black, umber
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Karin Groen, Ella Hendriks, Paul van Laar
Source:
Groen, Karin, and Ella Hendriks. “Frans Hals: A Technical Examination.” In Frans Hals, 109–27. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1989.
Sample information:
Sample(s):
HKI1362
Sample location:
Hamilton Kerr institute