M128: Sleeping boy in a barn
(c.1640-1643)
Biographical information
By:
RYCKHALS, FrancoisExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
36.40 x 32.50
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh0929]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-Bl)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk/glue ground 2. Thin, nearly black second ground layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Black
Composition: Lamp black, vermilion, verditer, yellow ochre, red lake, alum, smalt or other silicate
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Researchers:
Lieve d'Hont
Source:
D'Hont PhD Research
Sample information:
Sample location:
Mauritshuis