M114: Abraham de Potter
(1649)
Biographical information
By:
FABRITIUS, CarelExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
68.50 x 57.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-1591]
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (O-G)
Free-text description:
1. Orange layer 2. Brown-grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Fine grey layer with a few large black, white, and brown particles
Layer 1:
Colour: Orange
Composition: Orange with yellow, red, translucent, black, and brown particles
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Gwen Tauber
Source:
Tauber, Gwen. “A Note on Technical Peculiarities in a Portrait by Carel Fabritius.” ArtMatters 2 (2005): 103–8.
Sample information:
Sample location:
Rijksmuseum