M378: Michiel Comans
(1669)
Biographical information
By:
MUSSCHER, Michiel vanExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
71.00 x 63.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-4135]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (G-Br)
Free-text description:
1. Calcite, a little lead white and lamp black 2. Chalk, very little lead white, lamp black and ochre
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Chalk, lead white, lamp black, ochre
Layer 1:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Calcite, lead white, lamp black
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.