Using XRF analysis the following elements were detected and attributed to corresponding pigments
Sample 1: greenish blue trousers of the man
Identification of pigments: Cu: copper green/blue; Pb: lead white (siccative?); Fe: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 2: pink sleeve from the woman on the right
Identification of pigments: Pb: lead white; Al, Si: lake; Fe: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 3-5: dark red sleeve from the second woman on the right
Identification of pigments: Hg: vermilion; Pb: lead white and/or red lead; Fe: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 6: blue from the necklace with precious stones
Identification of pigments: Cu: copper blue (azurite); Pb: lead white (siccative?); HG: vermilion (from the underlying paint layer?); Fe: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 7: yellow from the chain worn by the second woman on the right
Identification of pigments: Pb, Sn: lead tin yellow and/ or lead white/red lead; Hg: vermilion; Fe, Si: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 8: yellowish white paint from the distaff
Identification of pigments: Pb, Sn: lead tin yellow and/or lead white/red lead; Fe, Si: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 9: flesh paint from the woman at the centre
Identification of pigments: Hg: vermilion (from the underlying paint layer?); Pb: lead white; Fe, Si: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 10: the white bonnet of Hercules
Identification of pigments: Pb: lead white; Fe, Si: ochre (possibly from underlying paint layer?); Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 11: as above without ground
Identification of pigments: Pb: lead white; Fe, Si: ochre (possibly from underlying paint layer?); Cr: both indication of modern painting material;
Sample 12-13: light brown hair of the woman on the left
Identification of pigments: Pb, Sn: lead tin yellow and/or lead white/red lead; Hg: vermilion; Fe, Si: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 14: the bluish green sleeve of Hercules
Identification of pigments: Cu: copper green/blue pigment; Pb: lead white (siccative?); Fe: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
Sample 15: orange reddish sleeve of the woman on the left
Identification of pigments: Hg: vermilion; Pb: lead white/red lead; Fe, Si: ochre (?); Ti, Cr: both indication of modern painting material; Ca: chalk (admixture or from the ground)
[Unpublished XRF analysis results, S. Dietz, 22.09.2014]