M272: David playing harp for Saul

(1660-1665)

Biographical information

By:

REMBRANDT

Executed in:

Amsterdam

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

130.00 x 164.50

Signed?

UNCLEAR

Museum:

Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh621]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (Br-Br)

Free-text description:

1. Lead white, umber, a little smalt 2. Lead white, umber

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Lead white, umber

Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Lead white, umber, smalt

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

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.