M632: The Old Lacemaker

Object information

Artist MAES, Nicolaes Executed in Dordrecht Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 38.80 × 35.90 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1101] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (W-Y) 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 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

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 1 1101x01-02