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Three Studies of a Gentleman

A work made of red chalk on ivory laid paper.

Three Studies of a Gentleman

Jean-Antoine Watteau · 1710/11

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Palette

Pale stone
73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1

Putty
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1

Fawn
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

Bone white
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.4:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
French, 1684-1721
Date: 1710/11
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper
Size: 16.6 × 20.2 cm (6 9/16 × 8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 80, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules