M164: Woman 83 years old

(1634)

Biographical information


By:
REMBRANDT

Executed in:

Amsterdam


Support:

panel


Medium:

oil


Dimensions (cm):

71.10 x 55.90


Signed?

YES



Museum:

National Gallery [inv.nr: NG775]


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Data


Description:


Preparatory layers:

2 (LY-LBr)


Free-text description:

1. Chalk 2. Lead white, umber


Paint layers (oil)

panel


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead white, umber


Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)


Data information:


Reliability-rating:

1


Researchers:

David Bomford, 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.



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