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Table 1 Listing of pigments identified in Henri Matisse paintings analyzed in this study

From: Exploring the private universe of Henri Matisse in The Red Studio

 

Young Sailor II

(MMA)

Bathers

(SMK)

Le Luxe II

(SMK)

Nude with White Scarf

(SMK)

Cyclamen

(private collection)

The Red Studio

(MoMA)

Date

1906

1907

1907–08

1909

1911

1911

Pigment

Elements identified by XRF

 

Zinc white

Zn

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lead white

Pb

X

X

 

X

X

S

Bone or ivory black

Ca, P

 

X

X

X

 

X

Red or brown ochre

Fe (Al, Si, K, Ti)

X

F

X

X

X

S

Vermilion

Hg

X

F

F

F

X

X

Madder lake

n/a

   

F

X

S

Cochineal Lake

n/a

S

F

    

Eosin lake

Br

?

     

Yellow ochre

Fe (Al, Si, K, Ti)

 

F

X

X

 

S

Cadmium yellow

Cd

X

X

X

  

X

Aureolin (Cobalt) yellow

Co, K

    

X

 

Orpiment

As, S

  

X

   

Chromium-based greens

Cr

X

F

F

X

X

X

Prussian blue

Fe, K

     

X

Cobalt blue

Co, Ni

X

F

 

X

X

X

Ultramarine blue

Al, Si, K

S

 

F

  

X

Cobalt violet (light)

Co, As

 

X

F

 

X

X

Cobalt violet (deep)

Co, P

?

  

X

  

Manganese violet

Co, Mn, P

?

     
  1. (X) indicates pigments identified by XRF or SEM–EDS, (S) indicates pigments confirmed by Raman and/or μ-FTIR spectroscopy, and (F) indicates pigments confirmed with FORS. (?) indicates pigments tentatively identified
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