M624: Old Woman and Boy with Candles

Object information

Artist RUBENS, Peter Paul Executed in Antwerp Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 77.00 × 62.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1150] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-G) 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 1

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.

Sample information:

Sample 1 1150x01-10