M053: Portrait of an Unknown Man

(1622)

Portrait of an Unknown Man

Object information

Artist HALS, Frans Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 107.00 × 85.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Chatsworth House Trust [inv.nr: 266] RKD RKD link

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LBr) 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 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.


Sample information:

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