M035: The First Platoon Under Captain Reijnier van Hoogensteyn, of the Third Company of the Calivermen Civic Guard

Object information

Artist GREBBER, Frans de Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 208.00 × 500.00 Signed YES Museum Frans Hals Museum [inv.nr: OS I-99] RKD RKD link

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (G-G) Description 1. Grey ground applied in 2 layers, the 2nd one lighter, 1st layer dry when 2nd applied

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, chalk (?), fine (lamp) black and a little yellow earth.

Layer 1:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, chalk (?), fine (lamp) black and a little yellow earth. More chalk and black than second layer.

Data information:

Reliability 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