M221: The wedding of Samson
(1638)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Red and brown ochre, lead white, chalk 2. Lead white, brown ochre
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Lead white, brown ochre
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red and brown ochre, lead white, chalk
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Kuhn, 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.