M633: The Huntsman

Object information

Artist METSU, Gabriel Executed in Amsterdam Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 28.00 × 22.80 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh93] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LG-G) 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 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 1 93x01-04