M359: Willem van der Helm and his family
(1656)
Biographical information
By:
FABRITIUS, BarentExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
148.00 x 127.50
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-1304]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (Y)
Free-text description:
1. Lead white, chalk, a little ochre
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Lead white, chalk, a little ochre
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
3
Researchers:
Kuhn, 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.