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Latest additions: paintings

Paintings are added to ColourLex on regular basis but we only feature paintings where a full pigment analysis has been undertaken and is generally available. Pigments are most frequently investigated as a part of a bigger restauration and/or conservation project and pigment analyses are available for limited number of paintings only.

Francisco de Goya, Portrait of Francisco de Saavedra

Cézanne, Apples, Bottles and Chairback

Lorenzo Lotto, Transfiguration of Christ

Antonello da Messina, San Cassiano Altarpiece

Antonello de Saliba, Virgin with the Child

Rembrandt, The Night Watch

Veronese, Christ Bearing the Cross

Van Gogh, The Schoolboy

Van Gogh, The Arlesienne

Van Gogh, Landscape with Couple Walking and Crescent Moon

Van Gogh, The Stone Bench in the Asylum at Saint-Rémy

Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Woman

Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie

Renoir, Woman Tying Her Shoe

Amedeo Modigliani, Self-Portrait

Raphael, Deposition

Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles

Wall Painting in the Tomb of Pharaoh Ay

Wall Painting in the Tomb of Pharaoh Siptah

Jackson Pollock, Mural

Sandro Botticelli, Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius

Sandro Botticelli, Four Scenes from the Early Life of Saint Zenobius

Jackson Pollock, Alchemy

Edvard Munch, Old Man in Warnemünde

Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne

Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of a Young Woman

Titian, Death of Actaeon

Titian, Diana and Actaeon

Titian, Diana and Callisto

Picasso, The Blue Room

Vermeer, Girl with the Red Hat

Vermeer, The Concert

Vermeer, The Little Street

Vermeer, Officer and Laughing Girl

Vermeer, A Maid Asleep

Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player

Vermeer, Girl With a Pearl Earring

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait at the Age of 63

Rembrandt, Portrait of Margaretha de Geer

Rembrandt, Portrait of Jacob Trip

Rembrandt, An Elderly Man as Saint Paul

Rembrandt, A Woman Bathing in a Stream

Rembrandt, The Woman Taken in Adultery

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait at the Age of 34

Rembrandt, Portrait of Aechje Claesdr

Monet, Lavacourt under Snow

Monet, The Gare Saint-Lazare

Sisley, The Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi

Pissarro, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood

Monet, The Beach at Trouville

Kandinsky, Picture with a black arch

Léger, Still life with a beer mug

Degas, Portrait of Elena Carafa

Edvard Munch, The Sick Child

Edvard Munch, Madonna

Monet, The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil

Rembrandt, A Bearded Man in a Cap

El Greco, Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple

Henri Matisse, Portrait of André Derain

Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser

Hieronymus Bosch, Gluttony and Lust

Hieronymus Bosch, The Ship of Fools

Hieronymus Bosch, The Wayfarer

Hieronymus Bosch, Visions of the Hereafter

Hieronymus Bosch, The Last Judgement

Hieronymus Bosch, The Crowning with Thorns

Hieronymus Bosch, Christ Carrying the Cross (Vienna)

Hieronymus Bosch, Ecce Homo

Hieronymus Bosch, The Adoration of the Magi (New York)

Hieronymus Bosch, The Adoration of the Magi (Madrid)

Hieronymus Bosch, Saint Wilgefortis Triptych

Hieronymus Bosch, Saint Christopher

Hieronymus Bosch, Saint John on Patmos

Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch, Hermit Saints Triptych

Hieronymus Bosch, The Haywain Triptych

Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading

Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalene

Monet, Irises

Monet, Water-Lilies

Van Gogh, The Starry Night

Van Dyck, Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart

Van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

Van Dyck, Lady Thimbelby and Dorothy, Viscountess Andover

Van Dyck, The Abbé Scaglia Adoring the Virgin and Child

Van Dyck, Charity

Van Dyck, The Balbi Children

Van Dyck, Portrait of a Woman and a Child

Titian, Portrait of Girolamo Fracastoro

Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve

Titian, Portrait of a Lady (La Schiavona)

Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd

Titian, Noli me Tangere

Malevich, Suprematist Painting

Bellini, Pesaro Altarpiece

Michelangelo, Doni Tondo

Murillo, Christ Healing the Paralytic

Bruegel, Mad Meg

Raphael, The Procession to Calvary

Raphael, The Mond Crucifixion

Raphael, The Ansidei Madonna

Raphael, Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Raphael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Raphael, The Madonna of the Pinks

Raphael, An Allegory

Degas, Ballet Dancers

Modersohn, Portrait of an Old Woman

El Greco, Portrait of Jorge Manuel

Gerard David, Virgin and Child

El Greco, Disrobing of Christ

Cézanne, Hillside in Provence

Manet, Corner of a Café-Concert

Titian, Venus and Adonis

Titian, Sacred and Prophane Love

Giotto, Madonna and Child

Braque, The Round Table

Pissarro, The Côte des Boeufs at L’Hermitage

Giotto, Pentecost

Renoir, At the Theatre

Rubens, The Gerbier Family

Rubens, Samson and Delilah

Tintoretto, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

Tintoretto, The Origin of the Milky Way

Tintoretto, Portrait of Vincenzo Morosini

Rembrandt, Hendrickje Stoffels

Rembrandt, Saskia in Arcadian Costume

Pissarro, The Avenue, Sydenham

Cézanne, Bay of l’Estaque

Canaletto, Stonemason’s Yard

Canaletto, The Feast Day of Saint Roch

Tintoretto, Saint George and the Dragon

Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda

Velázquez, Bust of Philip IV

Velázquez, Las Meninas

Bellini, Feast of the Gods

Degas, After the Bath

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait

Rembrandt, A Young Lady Smiling

Rembrandt, The Rape of Ganymede

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Latest additions: pigments

New pigments are added to ColourLex continuously as well with an emphasis on pigments which had been used in paintings featured on this site.

Atacamite

Antlerite

Carmine Kermes

Carmine Cochineal

Tyrian Purple

Phthalocyanine green

YInMn blue

Pompeiian red

Vantablack

Spinel black

Graphite

Peach stone black

Grape seed black

Titanium dioxide white

Stil de grain

Chrome red

Antimony orange

Bister

Phthalocyanine blue

Han blue

Blue verditer

Manganese blue

Burnt umber

Vivianite

Manganese brown

Caput mortuum

Raw sienna

Lampblack

Manganese black

Manganese violet

Bismuth vanadate yellow

Asphalt

Indian yellow

Cobalt titanate green

Dragon’s blood

Vine black

Egyptian blue

Arylide yellow

Zinc yellow

Lemon yellow

Cerulean blue

Cobalt yellow

Cadmium red

Cadmium orange

Calcite

Chrome orange

Zinc white

Burnt Sienna

Vandyke brown

Umber

Orange ochre

Brown ochre

Realgar

Gamboge

Charcoal black

Indigo

Bone black

Ivory black

Cobalt violet

Naples yellow

Cadmium yellow

Prussian Blue

Verdigris

Green earth

Lead white

Malachite

Viridian

Smalt

Red lead

Red ochre

Yellow ochre

Emerald green

Azurite

Orpiment

Cobalt blue

Chrome yellow

Vermilion

Madder lake

Lead-tin yellow

Ultramarine artificial

Ultramarine natural

Latest additions: scientific methods

New scientific methods are added to ColourLex continuously as well with an emphasis on methods which had been employed in investigation of paintings featured on this site.

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