M242: Man with curly grey hair

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 80.50 × 66.50 Signed YES Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh560] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

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Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (R-G) Description 1. Red ochre, umber, chalk, a little lead white 2. Lead white, brown ochre, umber, a little red ochre and charcoal black

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Grey

Composition: Lead white, brown ochre, red ochre, charcoal black

Layer 1:

Colour: Red

Composition: Red ochre, umber, chalk, lead white

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.