M344: Venus, Paris, Amor
(1656)
Biographical information
By:
BOL, FerdinandExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
None x None
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Unknown [inv.nr: 1701]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (R-G)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk, red iron oxide, a little umber and lead white 2. Lead white, a little red and yellow, umber, a little bone black
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, red and yellow, umber, bone black
Layer 1:
Colour: Red
Composition: Chalk, red iron, umber, 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.