M647: 'A Pig Belongs in the Sky'

Object information

Artist STEEN, Jan Executed in Leiden Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 85.80 × 72.10 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh736] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LG) 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 1

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.

Sample information:

Sample 1 736x01-07