M632: The Old Lacemaker
(c.1655)
Biographical information
By:
MAES, NicolaesExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
38.80 x 35.90
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1101]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (W-Y)
Free-text description:
Applied with a brush 1. Cream coloured layer with chalk and a little lead white 2. Yellowish layer with relatively large particles of lead white, yellow, and brown earth
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Lead white, yellow, brown earth
Layer 1:
Colour: White
Composition: Chalk, lead white
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
NO
Researchers:
Carol Pottasch
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):
1101x01-02