Employing XRF spectroscopy the following elements were detected, and by comparing optical characteristics the following pigments were identified:
blouse: white: Pb: lead white, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate, Cu: copper pigment?
chain:, yellow: Pb: lead white, Sn, Pb: lead-tin-yellow, cu: copper pigment (azurite/mountain green/verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
dress: red: Pb: lead white, Cu: copper pigment (azurite/mountain green/ verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: ochre/iron oxide, Ca chalk/calcium sulphate
hair: brown/yellow: Pb: lead white, Sn, Pb: lead-tin-yellow, Cu: copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: Ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
horizon, blue: Pb: lead white, Sn, Pb: lead-tin-yellow, Cu: copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
horizon, green: Pb: lead white , sn, Pb: lead-tin-yellow, Cu: copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdisgris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
blood on the sword: red: Pb: lead white, Cu: copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: Ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
sleeve, black: Pb: lead white, cu: copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdigris), Hg: vermilion, Fe: ochre/iron oxide, Ca: chalk/calcium sulphate
nose, flesh paint: Pb: lead white, Zn: zinc white (retouching), Cu: Copper pigment (azurite/ mountain green/ verdigris)
The pigments identified (lead white, lead-tin-yellow, iron oxide, vermilion, azurite, copper green) were all used in Cranach the elder's workshop as well as other 16th century and later workshops. The paint applicatioin corresponds with the usual practice within the Cranach workshop. Certain elements and forms can be found on other works from the Wittenberg workshop production. The execution the present painting is less convincing than that of the version in Glasgow (35.671).
[Unpublished examination report, G. Heydenreich, Nov. 2015]