M637: The Oyster Meal
(1662)
Biographical information
By:
VAN MIERIS, FransExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
27.60 x 20.80
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh819]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LG-Y)
Free-text description:
1. Light grey layer containing chalk, lead white, and fine black 2. Light yellowish layer containing lead white, chalk, bone black, and yellow and brown earth pigments
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Lead white, chalk, bone black, yellow and brown earth pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Chalk, lead white, fine black
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Carol Pottasch, Annelies van Loon
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):
106x01-07