M640: The Tooth Puller

(1651)

Biographical information

By:

STEEN, Jan

Executed in:

the Hague

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

32.50 x 26.00

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh165]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

3 (LY-G-G)

Free-text description:

1. White chalk layer 2. Greyish layer with lead white, a bit of chalk, earth pigments, and lamp black 3. Greyish layer with lead white, a bit of chalk, earth pigments, and lamp black

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 3:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Greyish layer with lead white, a bit of chalk, earth pigments, and lamp black

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Greyish layer with lead white, a bit of chalk, earth pigments, and lamp black

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

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.