Portrait of a Woman

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Artist: Jacques Delaplace
Date: ca. 1805–10
Medium: Ivory extended by card
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (64 x 55 mm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #624322 · 19%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D5B794 · 15%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AD834F · 11%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A433D · 10%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #2F2417 · 9%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #8B5406 · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7C6744 · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #574D20 · 6%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #33392C · 4%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2B3B35 · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #17120C · 3%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #484E59 · 2%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #504141 · 2%

Gamboge Glaze · Yellow family · #E8B625 · 1%

Beeswax Light · Yellow family · #E4B25C · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #C78700 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D2DBC9 · <1%

Cotton Ground · White family · #FFE9F1 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Margaret Crane Hurlbut, 1933

10 tags

Portrait Both · 99%

The image clearly depicts a single woman in a posed portrait, and the catalog title is Portrait of a Woman with the subject classification Portraits.
Femininity Both · 98%

A female sitter is the central subject, and the catalog lists Women among the subjects.
Flora Both · 99%

The sitter holds a flowering rose branch and leafy flowering plants surround her; the catalog lists Flowers among the subjects.
Human Figure Visual · 98%

The image visibly represents a human figure with carefully rendered face, hands, hair, clothing, and surrounding vegetation.

Earth Tones Visual · 90%

The image uses a subdued palette dominated by olive green, brown, blue-gray, muted pink, and warm flesh tones.
Highly Detailed Visual · 91%

Fine details are articulated in the sitter’s curls, facial features, hands, rose petals, leaves, floral hair ornament, and dress trim.

Miniature and Small-Scale Paintings Metadata · 100%

The catalog classifies the work as Painting, miniature and Miniatures, and records dimensions of 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work ca. 1805–10, placing it in the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 98%

The artist is identified as Jacques Delaplace, described in the catalog as French, 1767–after 1831.

Ivory Metadata · 100%

The catalog specifies the medium as Ivory extended by card.

Jacques Delaplace. Portrait of a Woman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.