M520: Shepherd with flute (Self-portrait?)
(c.1637)
Biographical information
By:
BACKER, JacobExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
52.20 x 40.80
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1057]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (W-Y)
Free-text description:
1. Thin white layer 2. Ochre layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Yellow ohre, possibly lead white
Layer 1:
Colour: White
Composition:
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
3
Researchers:
Petria Noble
Source:
Mauritshuis documentation, 2004 catalogue