M648: Draughts Players

Object information

Artist SWEERTS, Michael Executed in Rome Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 48.60 × 38.10 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1121] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (DR) 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 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 1 R83/1-8, A2574/1-20