Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), Carmelita Requena, 1869. Oil on canvas, 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978. Public domain (CC0).

Carmelita Requena

Thomas Eakins, 1869. Oil on canvas.

Three-quarter view
Side light
Painting

Head and shoulders of a girl turned three-quarters to the right with lowered eyes, lit strongly from the left and painted in loose, broad strokes.

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

Carmelita Requena as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 2.4: 65% of the picture is dark and 35% light.

Carmelita Requena as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 36% dark (values 0 to 1.7), 45% middle (1.7 to 3) and 19% light (3 to 10).

Carmelita Requena as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 17%, 30%, 29%, 21% and 4% 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

#442A14Value 2.0, warm
25%
#322213Value 1.5, warm
23%
#1D130FValue 0.7, neutral
16%
#8A2E0FValue 3.3, warm
12%
#5F3812Value 2.8, warm
11%
#584924Value 3.2, warm
9%
#A18C5DValue 5.9, warm
2%
#394140Value 2.7, neutral
2%

The 8 main colors run from value 0.7 to 5.9: 6 warm and 2 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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