Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of a Young Woman

The following pigment analysis is based on the investigation of scientists working on the Modigliani Technical Research Study (1).

1 Skin: Modigliani mainly used lead white and chrome orange for the continuous skin tone. The nose, jaw, and top of the forehead are delineated in yellow ochre.
2 Red lips: red ochre, vermilion, and chrome orange

3 Brown hair: yellow, and brown ochre
4 Greyish-white area: bone black, lead white, and zinc white

5 Black blouse: bone black

6 Yellow background: cadmium yellow, and yellow ochre

References

(1) Silvia A. Centeno, Isabelle Duvernois, Anikó Bezur, Pedro H.O.V. Campos, Frauke V. Josenhans, Pablo Londero, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, Márcia Rizzutto, Cynthia Schwarz, The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits, The Burlington Magazine, No. 1382 – Vol 160, May 2018.

(1) Silvia A. Centeno, Isabelle Duvernois, Anikó Bezur, Pedro H.O.V. Campos, Frauke V. Josenhans, Pablo Londero, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, Márcia Rizzutto, Cynthia Schwarz, The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits, The Burlington Magazine, No. 1382 – Vol 160, May 2018.