M739: Self-Portrait

Object information

Artist FABRITIUS, Carel Executed in UNKNOWN Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) 65.00 × 49.00 Signed YES Museum Boijmans van Beuningen [inv.nr: 1205 (OK)] Museum link View on museum site

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 1 (LY) Description 1. Thin chalk ground

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 1:

Colour: Light yellow

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk)

Data information:

Reliability 2

Analytical Techniques:

Sampled?

YES

Microscopy?

YES

Researchers

Karin Groen

Source

Tauber, Gwen. “A Note on Technical Peculiarities in a Portrait by Carel Fabritius.” ArtMatters 2 (2005): 103–8.