M143: Bust of Rembrandt (copy)

(1629-1630)

Biographical information

By:

REMBRANDT

Executed in:

Leiden

Support:

panel

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

None x None

Signed?

UNCLEAR

Museum:

Private collection [inv.nr: 7]

RKD-link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (W-LBr)

Free-text description:

1. Chalk, a little lead white 2. Lead white, chalk, ochre, bone black

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead white, chalk, ochre, bone black

Layer 1:

Colour: White

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk), lead white

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

Researchers:

Fogg Art Museum, Karin Groen

Source:

Groen, Karin M. “Grounds in Rembrandt’s Workshop and in Paintings by His Contemporaries.” In A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, IV:318–34. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005.