At the Milliner's

Colors in this work

Artist: Edgar Degas
Date: 1881
Medium: Pastel on five pieces of wove paper, backed with paper, and laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 27 1/4 x 27 1/4 in. (69.2 x 69.2 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #725B3B · 21%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #49351E · 17%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #9B7B2E · 13%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B5A686 · 10%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #927B59 · 9%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #28170B · 8%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A18E6E · 8%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D3CCB3 · 6%

Slate Night · Black family · #242232 · 3%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #485B58 · 3%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6B7261 · 1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5F594F · <1%

Stormwash · Blue family · #597480 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #010401 · <1%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #B87300 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #B4C3CD · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #705E5C · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #732300 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

11 tags

Human Figure Both · 99%

A woman is the dominant figure in the image, and the catalog lists Women among the subjects.
Related to Fashion Both · 99%

Hats are an explicit catalog subject, and an elaborately decorated hat occupies the central focus of the image.
Interiors Visual · 95%

Curtains, upholstered seating, patterned cushions, and wall or room furnishings establish an indoor setting.

Patterns Visual · 90%

Patterned upholstery and repeated crosshatched and linear marks are prominent across the cushions, clothing, and furnishings.
Dense Composition Visual · 90%

The figure, hat, cushions, chair, curtains, and background furnishings overlap within a tightly cropped frame, creating a crowded arrangement.
Earth Tones Visual · 88%

The image is dominated by ocher, olive, tan, brown, and muted gray-green tones, with blue and red-orange accents.

Pastel Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the medium as pastel on five pieces of wove paper, backed with paper, and laid down on canvas.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The work is classified as Pastels & Oil Sketches on Paper and uses a paper-based support, although the paper is mounted on canvas.
Hatching Visual · 84%

Crosshatched and short directional strokes are visibly used to describe fabric, upholstery, hair, and other surfaces.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1881, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The artist is identified in the catalog as French, born and deceased in Paris.

Edgar Degas. At the Milliner's. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.