M145: Old man in a cap

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Leiden Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 46.90 × 38.80 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh565] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LBr) Description 1. Chalk 2. Lead white, chalk, umber

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead white, chalk, umber

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 1

Researchers

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.