M616: Man Offering Money to a Young Woman

Object information

Artist LEYSTER, Judith Executed in Haarlem Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 30.80 × 24.20 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh564] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 3 (LBr-G-G) 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 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

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 1 564x01-05