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Young Woman Playing a Mandolin, Study for Portrait of Mlle. Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source"

A work made of graphite on ivory laid paper.

Young Woman Playing a Mandolin, Study for Portrait of Mlle. Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source"

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1866/68

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Palette

Pale stone
82% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1

Putty
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Oyster
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1

Mushroom
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Linen
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.1:1

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: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date: 1866/68
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper
Size: 35.5 × 21.3 cm (14 × 8 7/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits · Music and dance
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 79, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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