M631: Woman Sewing beside a Cradle

Object information

Artist BORCH, Gerard ter Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 46.50 × 38.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1133] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 4 (DBr-Br) 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 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 1 1133x01-32