M053: Portrait of an Unknown Man
(1622)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
107.00 x 85.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Chatsworth House Trust [inv.nr: 266]
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Light brown ground
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead white, a little chalk, umber, finely ground bone 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.