M363: Man in black 'atlasrock'
(1649)
Biographical information
By:
HELST, Bartholomeus van derExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
None x None
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: 7256]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (Y-W)
Free-text description:
1. Ochre, chalk 2. Lead white
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: White
Composition: Lead white
Layer 1:
Colour: Yellow
Composition: Ochre, chalk
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
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.