M330: Portrait of an old man
(1667)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
81.90 x 67.70
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Mauritshuis [inv.nr: Mh1118]
Museum-link
RKD-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (LBr-LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Red and brown ochre, chalk, little lead white 2. Brown ochre, a little red, lead white, chalk, a little charcoal black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Brown ochre, red, lead white, chalk, charcoal black
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Red and brown ochre, chalk, lead white
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.