M299: Old woman cutting her nails

(c.1655-1660)

Biographical information


in the style of
REMBRANDT

Executed in:

UNKNOWN


Support:

canvas


Medium:

oil


Dimensions (cm):

126.10 x 101.90


Signed?

UNCLEAR



Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art [inv.nr: 14.40.609]




Data


Description:


Preparatory layers:

1 (Br)


Free-text description:

1. Chalk, a little red ochre, umber and quartz


Paint layers (oil)

canvas


Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)


Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Chalk, red ochre, umber, quartz

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.



Sample information:


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