M075: Young Man with a Skull (Vanitas)
(c.1626-1628)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
92.20 x 80.80
Signed?
NO
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG6458]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (P-P)
Free-text description:
1. Cold pink ground, in two layers wet-in-wet 2. Second layer more pink (?)
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Pink
Composition: Lead white, umber, a little red ochre, very little organic red, black
Layer 1:
Colour: Pink
Composition: Lead white, umber, a little fine 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.