Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925)

Colors in this work

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 10 in. (34 x 25.4 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #80553A · 34%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E8C79F · 18%

Press Black · Black family · #1D0D0A · 16%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BD916C · 9%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #41291A · 7%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A2724D · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #925830 · 5%

Lampblack · Black family · #10090E · 3%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5F3C22 · 2%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #6D615C · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #000100 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9CA3AF · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #596A5F · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #AE5F2E · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6C6A57 · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #EDA462 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #ACBDB8 · <1%

Archive Wax Red · Red family · #725859 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978

8 tags

Individual Portrait Both · 99%

The work depicts one identifiable sitter in a focused bust-length portrait, and the museum catalog classifies it under Portraits.
Face Visual · 99%

The composition closely centers on the sitter’s face, with visible attention to the eyes, nose, mouth, hair, and facial hair.

Earth Tones Visual · 95%

Ochre, umber, brown, black, cream, and subdued flesh tones dominate the composition.

Painting Both · 99%

The image is visibly a painting, and the museum catalog classifies the object as Painting/Paintings.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum specifies the medium as oil on wood.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 92%

Short and broadly visible brushstrokes articulate the hair, facial modeling, clothing, and brown background rather than producing a uniformly smooth surface.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1887, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.