M624: Old Woman and Boy with Candles

(c.1616-1617)

Biographical information

By:

RUBENS, Peter Paul

Executed in:

Antwerp

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

77.00 x 62.50

Signed?

UNCLEAR

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1150]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LY-G)

Free-text description:

1. Chalk ground 2. Streaky, warm grey imprimatura

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Charcoal black, lead white, brown earth

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Petria Noble, Sabrina Meloni, Ralph Haswell, Abbie Vandivere

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.