M614: 'The Young Mother'

(1658)

Biographical information

By:

DOU, Gerrit

Executed in:

Leiden

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

73.20 x 55.50

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh32]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LY-LBr)

Free-text description:

1. Off-white ground of chalk and some black pigment 2. Yellow-brown preparatory layer containing chalk, lead white, some black and some ochre pigment particles

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Chalk, lead white, black, ochre

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Chalk, black pigment

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Karin Groen, Esther van Duijn

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.