M633: The Huntsman
(1661)
Biographical information
By:
METSU, GabrielExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
28.00 x 22.80
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh93]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LG-G)
Free-text description:
Applied wet-in-wet with a brush 1. Chalk, very fine black 2. Warm grey layer containing (chalk, black), lead white, tiny bit of brown and yellow earth
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Chalk, fine black, lead white, brown and yellow earth
Layer 1:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Chalk, fine black
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Melanie Gifford, Sabrina Meloni, Carol Pottasch, Ralph Haswell
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):
93x01-04