M114: Abraham de Potter

Object information

Artist FABRITIUS, Carel Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 68.50 × 57.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-1591] RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (O-G) 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 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