M598: A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House
(c.1655-1660)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HOOGSTRATEN, SamuelExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
58.00 x 88.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG3832]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY--Br)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk and glue ground 2. Brown ground with ochres, black, and lead white
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Brown earth, carbon black, lead white
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Researchers:
Joyce Plesters
Source:
Brown, Christopher, David Bomford, Joyce Plesters, and John Mills. “Samuel van Hoogstraten: Perspective and Painting.” The National Gallery Technical Bulletin 11 (1987): 63-64, 84.