M619: Smell
(1637)
Biographical information
By:
MOLENAER, Jan MienseExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
19.50 x 24.30
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh575]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Off-white ground of chalk, thicker than others in series. No lead white. 2. A thin warm beige imprimatura of lead white with warm brown earth pigments. Left exposed and shimmers through in areas"
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Lead white, brown earth
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Abbie Vandivere, Lieve d'Hont
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):
575x01