M115: Portrait of an unknown man
(c.1650-1652)
Biographical information
By:
HALS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
110.50 x 86.30
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art [inv.nr: 91.26.9]
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (Y)
Free-text description:
1. Greyish brown/Light ochreous. Applied in two layers
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Lead white, umber, ochre
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.