M069: Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff
(1625)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
76.20 x 63.50
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art [inv.nr: 49734]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LP)
Free-text description:
1. Light pinkish ochreous
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light pink
Composition: Lead white, very little red ochre, very little fine black (little red lead?)
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.