M643: Woman Playing the Cittern

Object information

Artist STEEN, Jan Executed in Haarlem Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 31.00 × 27.50 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh779] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LG) Description 1. Chalk layer 2. Light warm-grey ground layer of lead white, a little chalk, earth pigments, and lamp black

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Lead white, chalk, earth pigments, lamp black

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

Carol Pottasch, 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 779x01-07