Rembrandt, Portrait of Jacob Trip
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Overview
Rembrandt, Portrait of Jacob Trip, and its companion portrait of his wife Margaretha de Geer are examples of Rembrandt’s popularity as a portrait painter in the last decade of his life. The family of the Dordrecht merchant Jacob Trip was one of the richest in Holland.
The pigment analysis revealed a palette consisting of red and yellow ochres, smalt, umber, bone black, charcoal black, lead white, and red lake.
Medium: oil
Support:Â canvas
Size: 130.5 x 97 cm
Art period: Baroque
National Gallery London
NG1674
Painting in the Rembrandt Database
Pigments
Pigment Analysis
This pigment analysis is based on the work of the scientists at the National Gallery London (1).
1 Dull greyish-green areas in the hands, below the beard and above the eyes: lead white, chalk, yellow ochre, umber, and charcoal black.
2 Greyish-green area with highlights on the proper right hand: the same mixture of pigments as in 1) with highlights in white lead with a scumble of ochres.
3 Red-brown color of the cloak: red lake (carmine cochineal and madder lake) mixed with large quantities of pale-colored smalt.
4 Deep orange-brown bolster of the chair: red lake (carmine cochineal and madder lake) mixed with large quantities of pale-colored smalt.
5 Dark brown bolster of the chair: ochres mixed with pale-colored smalt overpainted with a scumble of bone black.
References
(1) Bomford, D. et al., Art in the making: Rembrandt, New edition, Yale University Press, 2006, pp. 166-171.
Pigments Used in This Painting
Resources
See the collection of online and offline resources such as books, articles, videos, and websites on Rembrandt in the section ‘Resources on Painters‘
PowerPoint Presentations
Painter in Context: Rembrandt
A richly illustrated presentation on the painting technique and pigments employed by Hieronymus Bosch specially crafted for Art Education. (Number of Slides = 20)
- Each presentation starts with the basic resources on the painter such as his biography, main catalogs of his paintings, and a bibliography.
- Next, you find slides describing the painting technique of the artist and the pigments he usually employed in his work.
- The majority of the slides show examples of paintings containing the specific pigments.
The majority of the slides show important examples of paintings where Rembrandt employed specific pigments. The slides are organized according to the color of the pigments.
Publications and Websites
Publications
A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, Volumes I – VI, by the scientists of The Rembrandt Research Project are available on the website of The Rembrandt Database in pdf-Format.
(1) Bomford, D. et al., Art in the making: Rembrandt, New edition, Yale University Press, 2006, pp. 166-171.
