M776: A Village Revel

Object information

Artist STEEN, Jan Executed in Leiden Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 110.40 × 147.00 Signed YES Museum Royal Collection [inv.nr: RCIN 405611] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LR-R) 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 1

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.