Fig. 8From: Jan Steen’s ground layers analysed with Principal Component Analysisa ‘As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young’, ca. 1668–70, oil on canvas, overview with cross section location marked with yellow X. b Cross section shown in bright field, layer 1 is the ground layer. c Cross section shown in UV. d Backscatter electron image at ×250 magnification. e Backscatter electron image at ×1000 magnification. f–k Elemental mappings of different elements, indicating the presence of earth pigments, lead tin yellow, vermillion and smaltBack to article page