M524: Equestrian portrait of Pieter de Roovere
(c.1650)
Biographical information
By:
CUYP, AlbertExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
123.50 x 154.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh25]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (Y-G)
Free-text description:
1. Ochre layer 2. Blueish grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: White and black pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk), yellow ochre, lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Petria Noble
Source:
Mauritshuis documentation, 2004 catalogue
Sample information:
Sample location:
Mauritshuis