M208: Cupid blowing a bubble
(1634)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
None x None
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Liechtenstein Collection [inv.nr: 470]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Red earth, a little umber (high Si) 2. Lead white, a little umber, black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, umber, black
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, umber
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
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.