M647: 'A Pig Belongs in the Sky'

(c. 1673-1675)

Biographical information

By:

STEEN, Jan

Executed in:

Leiden

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

85.80 x 72.10

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh736]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

1 (LG)

Free-text description:

1. Thick warm light-grey layer consisting of chalk, lead white, earth pigments, and lamp black

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Light grey

Composition: Chalk, lead white, earth pigments, and lamp black

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Sabrina Meloni, Marya Albrecht, 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.