M288: Self-portrait
(c.1659)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (Br)
Free-text description:
1. Quartz (XRD: 70-80%), phyllite, chlorite, sericite, kaolinite, limonite (iron oxide), a little calcite
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Quartz, phyllite, chlorite, sericite, kaolinite, limonite (iron oxide), calcite
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
Researchers:
Kuhn, 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.