M657: Study of an Old Man in Profile

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in UNKNOWN Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 19.50 × 16.00 Signed UNCLEAR Museum Statens Museum for Kunst [inv.nr: KMS1636] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 3 (LY-LO-G) 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 1

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Elemental?

YES

Researchers

David Buti

Source

SMK Kress/National Gallery spreadsheet (unpublished)

Sample information:

Sample 1 KD13(6), 239a