M172: Self-portrait

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Amsterdam Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) None × None Signed UNCLEAR Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza [inv.nr: 36] RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (LY-LBr) Description 1. Chalk 2. Lead white, chalk, a little ochre and 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, ochre, 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.