M655: Sketch for the Knight with the Falcon, known as “The Crusader”
(1659-1661)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
canvas
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
68.50 x 55.50
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS1384]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
1 (LBr)
Free-text description:
1. Light brown ground
Paint layers (oil)
canvas
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 1:
Colour: Light brown
Composition: Kaolin, quartz, brown earth, carbon black, feldspar, yellow earth
Data information:
Reliability-rating:
1
Analytical Techniques:
Sampled?
YES
Microscopy?
YES
Elemental?
YES
Researchers:
David Buti
Source:
SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)
Sample information:
Sample(s):
237b, 237c