M626: The Alchemist

Object information

Artist TENIERS (II), David Executed in Antwerp Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 27.40 × 37.40 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh261] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LBr) 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 2

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.

Sample information:

Sample 1 261X01-02