Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman Tying Her Shoe

The following pigment analysis is based on the work of the scientists at the University of Perugia and the Courtauld Gallery (1).

1 Green bed cover behind the chair: viridian and a mixture of chrome yellow and cobalt blue.
2 White spots in the woman’s chemise: lead white

3 Blue background: cobalt blue
4 Yellow spots in the bedcover: Naples yellow and chrome yellow

5 Red carpet: vermilion

6 Dark grey lines: bone black

7 Red spot below the bed on the left: Madder (alizarine) lake

Reference

(1) C. Miliani, F. Rosi, A. Burnstock, B.G. Brunetti, A. Sgamelotti, Non-invasive in-situ investigations versus micro-sampling: a comparative study on a Renoir’s painting, Appl. Phys. A 89, 849–856(2007). DOI:10.1007/s00339-007-4222-3

(1) C. Miliani, F. Rosi, A. Burnstock, B.G. Brunetti, A. Sgamelotti, Non-invasive in-situ investigations versus micro-sampling: a comparative study on a Renoir’s painting, Appl. Phys. A 89, 849–856(2007). DOI:10.1007/s00339-007-4222-3