M522: Double portrait of Constantijn Huygens and Suzanna van Baerle

(c.1635)

Biographical information


By:
VAN CAMPEN, Jacob

Executed in:

Amersfoort


Support:

canvas


Medium:

oil


Dimensions (cm):

96.10 x 79.70


Signed?

UNCLEAR



Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1089]


Museum-link



Data


Description:


Preparatory layers:

2 (LG-LG)


Free-text description:

1. Thin light grey 2. Whitish layer


Paint layers (oil)

canvas


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 2:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Chalk, umber, yellow pigment, blue pigment (azurite?)


Layer 1:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk), black, azurite


Data information:


Reliability-rating:

2


Researchers:

Petria Noble


Source:

Mauritshuis documentation, 2004 catalogue



Sample information:


Sample location:

Mauritshuis

No sample images available.