Alfred Sisley, Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi

Marly-le-roi, Watering place

Alfred Sisley, The Watering Pond at Marly with Hoarfrost, 1876
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Alfred Sisley, The Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi, 1875
Private collection

Alfred Sisley, Watering Place at Marly, 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

This pigment analysis is based on the work of the scientists at the National Gallery London (1).

1 Beige ground visible in the sky: chalk (calcite) and lead white tinted with a small quantity of a warm dark brown pigment

2 Mauvish blue of the wall on the right side: cobalt blue, red lake and lead white

3 Violet area above the water spigot: cobalt blue, lead white and greater proportion of red lake

4 Mauvish blue of trees on the right: cobalt blue, red lake, viridian and lead white

5 The blue wall on the left and blue areas of the sky: cobalt blue
6 The orange wall on the left and the sky at the end of the road: reddish-brown ochre and chrome yellow with traces of lead white and black

References

(1) Bomford D, Kirby J, Leighton, J., Roy A. Art in the Making: Impressionism. National Gallery Publications, London, 1990, pp. 148-151.

(1) Bomford D, Kirby J, Leighton, J., Roy A. Art in the Making: Impressionism. National Gallery Publications, London, 1990, pp. 148-151.