M641: Girl Eating Oysters

(c.1658-1660)

Biographical information

By:

STEEN, Jan

Executed in:

UNKNOWN

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

20.40 x 15.10

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh818]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LBr-LBr)

Free-text description:

1. Buff-coloured layer 2. Whitish layer of lead white, some umber, and a little chalk

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead white, umber, chalk

Layer 1:

Colour: Light brown

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.