M069: Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

(1625)

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Object information

Artist HALS, Frans Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 76.20 × 63.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art [inv.nr: 49734] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LP) 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 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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