M166: Philips Lucasz
(1635)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
79.50 x 58.90
Signed?
YES
Museum:
National Gallery [inv.nr: NG850]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LY-Br)
Free-text 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: Brown
Composition: Lead white, chalk, 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.