M631: Woman Sewing beside a Cradle
(c.1656)
Biographical information
By:
BORCH, Gerard terExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
46.50 x 38.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1133]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
4 (DBr-Br)
Free-text description:
Probably applied with a brush to obscure the texture of the canvas 1. Dark brown-black layer of brown and red earth pigments, fine black, and lead white 2. Beige layer of lead white and yellow earth 3. Salmon-coloured layer of lead white, yellow, transparent brown earth pigments, lamp black 4. Warm orange brown layer containing mainly brown and yellow earth pigments and a little lead white
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Sabina Meloni, Annelies van Loon
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):
1133x01-32