The Painter's Colors
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self Portrait at the Age of 63
1669
Oil on canvas, 86 × 70.5 cm. The National Gallery, London
The lit cheek is built up thick, in lead white warmed with ochres, over a brown underlayer.
- Thick, raised paint like this is called impasto.
Concepts
Image: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-Art)