Vincent van Gogh, The Stone Bench in the Asylum at Saint-Remy

This pigment analysis is based on the work of the scientists at the State University of Londrina in Brazil (1). The scientists employed the method of X-ray fluorescence to prepare maps of individual pigments throughout the whole painting.

The following pigments have been identified in this painting with a rather limited color palette: viridian, chrome yellow, chrome orange, ochres, and chalk.

References

(1) Rafael Molari, Carlos Roberto Appoloni, Pigment analysis in four paintings by Vincent van Gogh by portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), Radiation Physics and Chemistry 181 (2021) 109336

(1) Rafael Molari, Carlos Roberto Appoloni, Pigment analysis in four paintings by Vincent van Gogh by portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), Radiation Physics and Chemistry 181 (2021) 109336