M626: The Alchemist

(c.1650)

Biographical information

By:

TENIERS THE YOUNGER, David

Executed in:

Antwerp

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

27.40 x 37.40

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh261]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LY-LBr)

Free-text description:

1. Chalk and glue white ground 2. Thin light brown imprimatura visible im numerous small areas

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition:

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

Researchers:

Esther van Duijn

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.