Table 1 Summary: pigments identified in La Violoniste painting
From: Discovery of a woman portrait behind La Violoniste by Kees van Dongen through hyperspectral imaging
Position | Colour | Raman | XRF | Pigment identified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Background | White | Lead white | Pb | Lead white |
Violin (outer lines) | Brown | – | Fe | Iron oxide pigments |
Violin (inner part) | Yellow | – | Cd, Ca | Cadmium yellow |
Mouth | Red | Vermilion | Hg | Vermilion |
Flesh colour | Pink | Vermilion and lead white | Hg | Vermilion and lead white |
Dress | Blue | Prussian blue and lead white | Fe, Cr, Co, Cu | Prussian blue, lead white and a chromium pigment |
Hidden portrait | – | – | Zn | Zinc oxide |
Top of the piano | White | Lead white and titanium white | – | Lead white and titanium white |
Bottom of the piano | Blue | Ultramarine and lead white | – | Ultramarine and lead white |
Vase | Blue | Ultramarine and lead white | – | Ultramarine and lead white |
Signature | Black | Carbon black | – | Carbon black |
shoes | Black | Carbon black | – | Carbon black |