M629: The Messenger, known as 'The Unwelcome News'
(1653)
Biographical information
By:
BORCH, Gerard terExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
66.90 x 59.30
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh176]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
3 (LBr-LG-LG)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk layer with light brown particles 2. Light grey with lead white, black, and brown particles 3. Cooler light grey with lead white, black, and brown particles
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 3:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, black, brown particles
Layer 2:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, black, brown particles
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Chalk, brown particles
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
R. Hoppe, Carol Pottasch, J. Ribits
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):
176x01-06