Rococo · 1684–1721 · French

Antoine Watteau

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (60%), gray (18%) and black (8%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: sienna, dark crimson sienna, reddish brown, reddish brown and pigeon grey.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 177 dark taupe 6.5% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 5.3% of canvas
• MG 208 pigeon grey 4.5% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 4.4% of canvas
• MG 154 reddish brown 4.4% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 4.0% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 3.7% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 3.6% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 3.5% of canvas
• MG 155 dark reddish brown 3.5% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 3.3% of canvas
• MG 144 dark crimson sienna 3.0% of canvas
• MG 201 parchment 3.0% of canvas
• MG 143 sienna 2.9% of canvas
• MG 153 reddish brown 2.9% of canvas
• MG 145 dark sienna 2.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.52

Contrast

0.55

Vividness

0.037

Warmth

+0.95

Complexity

161 cells

Hue range

0.41

Focus

0.03

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 56% of the visual weight in the right half, 63% in the lower half; symmetry 0.20; 20% calm space; half of the detail in 30% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717
• Pierrot, 1718
• The Shop Sign of Gersaint, 1720