Jean Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), Louise Brongniart, 1779, after a portrait of 1777. Marble, Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. Public domain (CC0).

Louise Brongniart

Jean Antoine Houdon, 1779, after a portrait of 1777. Marble.

Three-quarter view
Soft light
Sculpture

Marble bust of a small girl turned three-quarters to the right, softly lit from the left against a gray ground.

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

Louise Brongniart as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 6: 79% of the picture is dark and 21% light.

Louise Brongniart as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 10% dark (values 0 to 3.6), 70% middle (3.6 to 6.1) and 20% light (6.1 to 10).

Louise Brongniart as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 7%, 25%, 45%, 10% and 12% 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

#6B6C6BValue 4.5, neutral
44%
#5F6061Value 4.1, neutral
23%
#C1BEB9Value 7.7, neutral
8%
#DFDCD9Value 8.8, neutral
7%
#4F4B47Value 3.2, neutral
6%
#33322FValue 2.1, neutral
4%
#A6A29BValue 6.7, neutral
4%
#8B857DValue 5.6, neutral
4%

The 8 main colors run from value 2.1 to 8.8: 8 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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