M616: Man Offering Money to a Young Woman
(1631)
Biographical information
By:
LEYSTER, JudithExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
30.80 x 24.20
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh564]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
3 (LBr-G-G)
Free-text description:
1. Off-white ground layer with lead white, some brown earth, and a few orange particles 2. Grey layer with lead white, black, earth pigments 3. Grey layer with lead white, black, earth pigments
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 3:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, black, earth pigments
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, black, earth pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead white, brown earth, orange particles
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
NO
Researchers:
Maartje Stols-Witlox, Abbie Vandivere, Sabrina Meloni
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(s):
564x01-05