M634: A Young Woman Composing a Piece of Music

Object information

Artist METSU, Gabriel Executed in Amsterdam Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 57.80 × 43.30 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh94] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 4 (LY-G) 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)

Data information:

Reliability 1

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.

Sample information:

Sample 1 94x01-04