M209: The Lamentation
(c.1634-1635)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-LG)
Free-text description:
1. Orange-red earth 2. Lead white, a little umber and fine-grained black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light grey
Composition: Lead white, umber, fine black
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Orange-red earth
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.