Mademoiselle Nys

Colors in this work

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Date: 1899
Medium: Oil on unprimed wood
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27 x 21.9 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #96642F · 52%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #845223 · 10%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #734822 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A9793F · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B28852 · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #513521 · 5%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #836C3A · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #806A4C · 3%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #2D1C15 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #695D4E · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CEA66F · <1%

Carbon Ground · Black family · #241D24 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #626345 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A45D1B · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #374237 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #963A17 · <1%

Archive Wax Red · Red family · #6B4A4C · <1%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #84524B · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973

9 tags

Portrait Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogs the work under “Portraits,” and the image visibly centers on a single woman presented as a portrait subject.
Face Visual · 99%

The sitter’s face is the most developed and prominent feature in the composition, occupying the central upper area.

Linear Forms Visual · 97%

Dark, emphatic contours and linear marks define the hat, hair, facial features, collar, shoulders, and clothing.
Earth Tones Visual · 98%

Ochre, tan, brown, russet, and muted green tones dominate the figure and background.
Rough Visual · 91%

The surrounding garment and background are indicated with open, sketchlike strokes, while the textured support remains visibly active across the composition.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum records the medium as oil on unprimed wood.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1899, placing it within the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 98%

The artist is identified in the canonical metadata as French.

Wood Metadata · 99%

The canonical medium identifies the support as unprimed wood, and the image visibly shows a wood-grain ground around and beneath the paint.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Mademoiselle Nys. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.