M289: Self-portrait
(1660)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (Br-G)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk, a little brown ochre 2. Chalk, a little ochre and umber, very little lamp black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Chalk, ochre, umber, lamp black
Layer 1:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Chalk, brown ochre
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
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.