M812: Old Man at a Window
(1653)
Biographical information
By:
VAN HOOGSTRATEN, SamuelExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
114.90 x 91.30
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Kunsthistorisches Museum [inv.nr: GG 378]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Orange-red ground with earth pigment (ochre) 2. Brownish layer with higher organic content, some earth pigment, lead white, carbon black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Lead white, earth pigments, carbon black
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, red ochre, some lead white or red lead
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Source:
Kunsthistorisches Museum examination report, shared by Erma Hermens (Van Hoogstraten research project)
Sample information:
Sample(s):
GG_378
Sample location:
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna