M648: Draughts Players
(1652)
Biographical information
By:
SWEERTS, MichaelExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
48.60 x 38.10
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1121]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (DR)
Free-text description:
1. Reddish-brown ground containing clay, quartz, and earth pigments SEM-EDX identified maliss clay, found in paintings Sweerts produced in Italy
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Dark red
Composition: Clay, quartz, earth pigments
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
Arie Wallert, Petria Noble
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(s):
R83/1-8, A2574/1-20