Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), Self-portrait (recto); Study for a self-portrait (verso), ca. 1870. Charcoal, brown wash, and white gouache (recto); graphite (verso), Sheet: 21 1/4 × 14 15/16 in. (54 × 38 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2024. Public domain (CC0).

Self-portrait (recto); Study for a self-portrait (verso)

Marie Bracquemond, ca. 1870. Charcoal, brown wash, and white gouache (recto); graphite (verso).

Front view
Soft light
Drawing

The artist's head facing front with a level gaze, drawn in charcoal with white highlights on toned paper and lit softly from the left.

Open in the value study maker

The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Self-portrait (recto); Study for a self-portrait (verso) as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 7.7: 90% of the picture is dark and 10% light.

Self-portrait (recto); Study for a self-portrait (verso) as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 10% dark (values 0 to 5.9), 80% middle (5.9 to 7.8) and 10% light (7.8 to 10).

Self-portrait (recto); Study for a self-portrait (verso) as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 4%, 10%, 34%, 42% and 9% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#B6A389Value 6.8, warm
63%
#AA957AValue 6.3, warm
15%
#E4E5E9Value 9.1, neutral
9%
#9D886FValue 5.8, warm
6%
#887B6AValue 5.2, warm
4%
#686054Value 4.1, warm
2%
#BDB6ADValue 7.4, neutral
1%

The 7 main colors run from value 4.1 to 9.1: 5 warm and 2 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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