M041: Laughing Boy

Object information

Artist HALS, Frans Executed in Haarlem Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 30.45 × 30.45 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1032] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LG) 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 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.