M646: 'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'

(c.1668-1670)

'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'

Object information

Artist STEEN, Jan Executed in Haarlem Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 133.70 × 162.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh742] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (Br) Description 1. Single greyish-brown coloured ground layer containing lead white, lead tin yellow, red and brown earth, bone black, red lake, silicates, and quartz

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Lead white, lead tin yellow, red and brown earth, bone black, red lake, silicates, and quartz

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 742x01-18

No sample images available.