M634: A Young Woman Composing a Piece of Music

(c.1644)

Biographical information

By:

METSU, Gabriel

Executed in:

Amsterdam

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

57.80 x 43.30

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh94]

Data

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Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

4 (LY-G)

Free-text description:

1. Very thick chalk layer 2. Brownish layer 3. Tan layer 4. Cool grey layer Upper three layers contain varying amounts of bone and lamp black, brown earths, and chalk

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

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Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Sabrina Meloni, 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.