M655: Sketch for the Knight with the Falcon, known as “The Crusader”

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in UNKNOWN Support canvas Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 68.50 × 55.50 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS1384] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LBr) 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 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

David Buti

Source

SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)

Sample information:

Sample 1 237b, 237c