M041: Laughing Boy
(c.1620-1625)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
30.45 x 30.45
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1032]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LG)
Free-text description:
1. Yellowish ground
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, a little umber, very little fine black
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Karin Groen and Ella Hendriks
Source:
Groen, Karin, and Ella Hendriks. “Frans Hals: A Technical Examination.” In Frans Hals, 109–27. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1989.