M640: The Tooth Puller

Object information

Artist STEEN, Jan Executed in the Hague Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 32.50 × 26.00 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh165] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 3 (LY-G-G) 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 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 165x01-05