M075: Young Man with a Skull (Vanitas)

Object information

Artist HALS, Frans Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 92.20 × 80.80 Signed NO Museum National Gallery [inv.nr: NG6458] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

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Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (P-P) 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 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.