M657: Study of an Old Man in Profile
(c.1630)
Biographical information
By:
REMBRANDTExecuted in:
Support:
panel
Medium:
oil
Dimensions (cm):
19.50 x 16.00
Signed?
UNCLEAR
Museum:
Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS1636]
Museum-link
Data
Description:
Preparatory layers:
3 (LY-LO-G)
Free-text description:
1. Chalk ground 2. Thin light orange layer 3. Warm brownish grey layer
Paint layers (oil)
panel
Layer information:
(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)
Layer 3:
Colour: Grey
Composition: Lead white, carbon black, red and yellow earth, chalk
Layer 2:
Colour: Light orange
Composition: Yellow earth, chalk, lead white, red earth
Layer 1:
Colour: Light yellow
Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)
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SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)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):
KD13(6), 239a