M253: An old man in an armchair
(1652)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Orange-red earth 2. Brown ochre, umber, charcoal black, chalk, a little lead white
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Brown ochre, umber, charcoal black, chalk, lead white
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Orange-red earth
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
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.