M136: St. Paul in prison

(1627)

Biographical information

By:

REMBRANDT

Executed in:

Leiden

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

None x None

Signed?

UNCLEAR

Museum:

Unknown [inv.nr: 601]

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Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (LY-Y)

Free-text description:

1. Chalk 2. Lead white, little ochre, charcoal black

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Yellow

Composition: Lead white, ochre, charcoal black

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Researchers:

Kuhn Denniger, Karin Groen

Source:

Tauber, Gwen. “A Note on Technical Peculiarities in a Portrait by Carel Fabritius.” ArtMatters 2 (2005): 103–8.