Unknown artist (India, Mughal, 17th century), Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1660. ink drawing with slight accents of color, Image: 3.3 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.); Overall: 4.6 x 3.8 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur L. Parker Foundation. Public domain (CC0).

Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl

Unknown artist (India, Mughal, 17th century), c. 1660. ink drawing with slight accents of color.

Three-quarter view
Soft light
Drawing

Bust-length girl turned slightly to the right, drawn in fine ink with soft, even modeling inside an oval only 3.3 cm tall, its surface crossed by fine cracks.

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

Value studies

Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 4.7: 32% of the picture is dark and 68% light.

Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 31% dark (values 0 to 4.1), 27% middle (4.1 to 7.3) and 42% light (7.3 to 10).

Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 28%, 6%, 23%, 32% and 10% 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

#292523Value 1.5, neutral
29%
#D3C2B1Value 7.9, warm
24%
#C29C55Value 6.6, warm
16%
#F2DDBDValue 8.9, warm
11%
#E8BA6EValue 7.8, warm
8%
#AA9885Value 6.4, warm
5%
#5B4F43Value 3.4, warm
5%
#92764EValue 5.1, warm
3%

The 8 main colors run from value 1.5 to 8.9: 7 warm and 1 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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