Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (1599–1660), Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), 1650. Oil on canvas, 32 x 27 1/2 in. (81.3 x 69.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum, 1971. Public domain (CC0).

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez), 1650. Oil on canvas.

Three-quarter view
Side light
Painting

Half-length, head turned slightly to the left with the eyes on the viewer, lit from the upper left so the forehead and near cheek catch the light against a plain gray-green 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

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 1.7: 72% of the picture is dark and 28% light.

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 58% dark (values 0 to 1.3), 38% middle (1.3 to 3.5) and 4% light (3.5 to 10).

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 35%, 27%, 23%, 12% and 3% 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

#110E0AValue 0.4, neutral
32%
#1C1812Value 0.8, neutral
19%
#272219Value 1.4, neutral
18%
#342E21Value 1.9, warm
16%
#423C2FValue 2.5, warm
8%
#89826BValue 5.4, warm
3%
#734B36Value 3.6, warm
1%
#4A2D1DValue 2.2, warm
1%

The 8 main colors run from value 0.4 to 5.4: 5 warm and 3 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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