M272: David playing harp for Saul

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 130.00 × 164.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh621] Museum link View on museum site RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (Br-Br) 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 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.