M351: Abraham receives the three angels

(1655)

Biographical information

By:

BOL, Ferdinand

Executed in:

Amsterdam

Support:

canvas

Medium:

oil

Dimensions (cm):

None x None

Signed?

UNCLEAR

Museum:

Unknown [inv.nr: B736]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers:

2 (Br-LBr)

Free-text description:

1. Brown ochre, umber, chalk, a little red ochre 2. Lead white, chalk, a little red and brown ochre

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Light white, chalk, red and brown ochre

Layer 1:

Colour: Brown

Composition: Brown ochre, umber, chalk, red ochre

Data information:

Reliability-rating:

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.