Unknown artist (Roman Period), Portrait of the Boy Eutyches, 100–150 CE. Encaustic on wood, h. 38 cm (14 15/16 in); w. 19 cm (7 1/2 in). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1918. Public domain (CC0).

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches

Unknown artist (Roman Period), 100–150 CE. Encaustic on wood.

Front view
Soft light
Painting

Head and shoulders of a boy turned very slightly to the left and looking at the viewer, in soft light from the left against a pale 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

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 2.9: 40% of the picture is dark and 60% light.

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 38% dark (values 0 to 2.3), 26% middle (2.3 to 5.2) and 36% light (5.2 to 10).

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 30%, 10%, 16%, 28% and 16% 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

#000000Value 0.0, neutral
32%
#887759Value 5.1, warm
14%
#A19070Value 6.0, warm
12%
#91603BValue 4.5, warm
11%
#BFB08FValue 7.2, warm
9%
#3A2B21Value 1.9, warm
9%
#AF7D54Value 5.7, warm
7%
#6C472FValue 3.4, warm
6%

The 8 main colors run from value 0 to 7.2: 7 warm and 1 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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