M520: Shepherd with flute (Self-portrait?)

(c.1637)

Shepherd with flute (Self-portrait?)

Object information

Artist BACKER, Jacob Executed in Amsterdam Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 52.20 × 40.80 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1057] Museum link View on museum site

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (W-Y) 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 3

Researchers

Petria Noble

Source

Mauritshuis documentation, 2004 catalogue


Sample information:

No sample images available.