M300: Capuchin monk reading
(1661)
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Red earth, umber, a little quartz 2. Lead white, umber, charcoal black, a little quartz
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, umber, charcoal black, a little quartz
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Red earth, 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.