M630: Woman Writing a Letter

(c.1655)

Biographical information

By:

BORCH, Gerard ter

Executed in:

UNKNOWN

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

38.30 x 27.90

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh797]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (W-LG)

Free-text description:

1. Chalk and lead white 2. Yellowish-grey layer of yellow earth, umber, black, and lead white

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Yellow earth, umber, black, lead white

Layer 1:

Colour: White

Composition: Chalk, lead white

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Carol Pottasch, L. Glinsman

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.