M136: St. Paul in prison

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St. Paul in prison

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Leiden Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) None × None Signed UNCLEAR Museum Unknown [inv.nr: 601] RKD RKD link

Data


Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-Y) 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 2

Researchers

Kuhn Denniger, Karin Groen

Source

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


Sample information:

No sample images available.