M243: Oriental figure
(c.1650)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
None x None
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Private collection [inv.nr: 253]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Red ochre, chalk, little umber, very little black 2. Lead white, chalk, coardse charcoal black, little ochre and umber
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, chalk, charcoal black, ochre, umber
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red ochre, chalk, umber, black
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.