M378: Michiel Comans

Object information

Artist MUSSCHER, Michiel van Executed in Amsterdam Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 71.00 × 63.00 Signed YES Museum Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-4135]

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (G-Br) 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 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.