Portrait of a Woman in Gray

Colors in this work

Artist: Edgar Degas
Date: ca. 1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A07349 · 36%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B79271 · 14%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #221922 · 11%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CAA98D · 10%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #56362D · 9%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #381C1D · 7%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #755337 · 4%

Lead Type · Gray family · #8D7B6F · 4%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #BC7138 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E6C5A7 · 1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #806C42 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #423E42 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #5D5F3E · <1%

Antique Rose Dust · Pink family · #B27D7F · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #37473B · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #585960 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #321120 · <1%

Scarlet Tempera · Red family · #CBACB9 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel, 1957

8 tags

Portrait Both · 99%

The catalog lists the subject as a portrait, and the image clearly presents a single seated woman as the principal subject.
Individual Portrait Visual · 97%

A single identifiable sitter occupies the central and lower areas of the composition, supporting the more specific individual-portrait category.

Asymmetrical Visual · 95%

The composition is asymmetrical, with the sitter positioned toward the center-right and a broad area of textured background opening to the left.
Earth Tones Visual · 92%

Ochre, brown, muted red, gray, cream, green, and black dominate the palette, producing an overall earth-toned impression.

Painting Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted canvas.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.

19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1865, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies Edgar Degas as French and gives Paris as the artist’s associated place of origin and death.

Edgar Degas. Portrait of a Woman in Gray. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.