M776: A Village Revel

(1673)

Biographical information

By:

STEEN, Jan

Executed in:

Leiden

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

110.40 x 147.00

Signed?

YES

Museum:

Royal Collection [inv.nr: RCIN 405611]

Museum-link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LR-R)

Free-text description:

1. Mainly chalk and a little red earth 2. Dark red second ground of red earth, lead white, chalk, and umber

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Dark red

Composition: Red earth, lead white, chalk, umber

Layer 1:

Colour: Light red

Composition: Chalk, red earth

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers:

Marya Albrecht, Sabrina Meloni, Annelies van Loon, Ralph Haswell, Onno de Noord

Source:

Albrecht, Marya, Sabrina Meloni, Ralph Haswell, and Onno De Noord. “Discovering Trends in Jan Steen’s Grounds Using Principal Component Analysis.” In Ground Layers in European Painting 1550-1750, edited by Anne Haack Christensen, Angela Jager, and Joyce H. Townsend, Vol. V. CATS Proceedings. London: Archetype Publications, 2019.