Carmencita

Colors in this work

Artist: William Merritt Chase
Date: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 69 7/8 x 40 7/8 in. ( 177.5 x 103.8 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4D2C09 · 69%

Lampblack · Black family · #0B0402 · 8%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #210E04 · 5%

Lampblack · Black family · #060305 · 4%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #704817 · 4%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #301606 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #99703E · 3%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #C4A375 · 2%

Press Black · Black family · #19100C · 1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #40320B · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #392A1D · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #35340B · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #000201 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #1D0A0C · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #692106 · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #86240E · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #AD9EA4 · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #514D4E · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Sir William Van Horne, 1906

9 tags

Performing Arts Both · 99%

The museum catalog identifies the subjects as dancing and dancers; the image shows a full-length figure in an expressive raised-arm pose associated with performance.
Movement Both · 97%

The catalog lists dancing and dancers, while the figure’s raised arms, angled torso, lifted skirt edge, and active stance visually convey bodily motion.
Flora Both · 99%

Flowers are listed among the catalog subjects and are visibly present around the figure’s hair and hands, with a separate bouquet in the lower foreground.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%

The dancer’s dark costume is extensively decorated with gold-colored bands, patterned areas, floral details, and layered ornamental accents.
Dark Colors Visual · 97%

Deep brown and black tones dominate the composition, with warmer ocher, gold, red, white, and yellow accents.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog classifies the work as oil on canvas.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 90%

Broad, visible, and broken brushstrokes are especially apparent in the dress, background, hair, and foreground flowers.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1890, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the artist and place of origin as American and places the work in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing.

William Merritt Chase. Carmencita. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.