Jean Fouquet (1425–1478), Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474), ca. 1451–55. Metalpoint, black chalk on white prepared paper, 7 13/16 x 5 5/16 in. (19.8 x 13.5 cm.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund and Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Knower, Bequest of Ogden Mills, and Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, by exchange, 1949. Public domain (CC0).

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474)

Jean Fouquet, ca. 1451–55. Metalpoint, black chalk on white prepared paper.

Three-quarter view
Soft light
Drawing

Head and shoulders turned three-quarters to the right, drawn in metalpoint with soft shading on the far side of the face and under the jaw from light on 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

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474) as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 8.2: 39% of the picture is dark and 61% light.

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474) as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 19% dark (values 0 to 8), 52% middle (8 to 8.5) and 28% light (8.5 to 10).

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474) as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 6%, 23%, 34%, 33% 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

#DFD1C4Value 8.5, warm
76%
#C9BCADValue 7.7, warm
13%
#BBAE9EValue 7.2, warm
5%
#FBEFDCValue 9.5, warm
4%
#A49584Value 6.3, warm
1%

The 5 main colors run from value 6.3 to 9.5: 5 warm. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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