M611: Drunken peasants at an Inn

Object information

Artist BROUWER, Adriaen Executed in UNKNOWN Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 18.60 × 26.00 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh847] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LBr) Description 1. Off-white ground 2. Light brown imprimatura, visible in losses, reserves, and thinly painted areas

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Chalk, lead white, charcoal black, earth pigments (particularly iron oxide)

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

Esther van Duijn, Sabrina Meloni, Ralph Haswell

Source

Suchtelen, Ariane van, Quentin Buvelot, Milou Goverde, Abbie Vandivere, Lea van der Vinde, Edwin Buijsen, Carol Pottasch, Sabrina Meloni, Maud Lankester, and Yvette Bruijnen. Genre Paintings in the Mauritshuis. Zwolle: Waanders publishers, 2016.

Sample information:

Sample 1 847x01-02