M243: Oriental figure

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) None × None Signed UNCLEAR Museum Private collection [inv.nr: 253]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (R-G) 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 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.