M388: A dog and a cat near a partially disemboweled deer
(1645-1660)
Biographical information
By:
WEENIX, Jan BaptistExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
180.00 x 162.00
Signed?
YES
Museum:
Rijksmuseum [inv.nr: SK-A-591]
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
2 (Br-DG)
Free-text description:
1. Lead white, chalk, earth pigments, carbon black 2. Carbon black, a little lead white and earth pigments
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 2:
Colour: Dark grey
Composition: Carbon black, lead white, earth pigments
Layer 1:
Colour: Brown
Composition: Lead white, chalk, earth pigments, carbon black
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
2
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.