The Sleeping Gypsy

Henri Rousseau 1844–1910

The Sleeping Gypsy (1897) by Henri Rousseau. Its palette is led by azure (#326b88, 20%) and bistre (#2e2820, 17%), with accents of dark golden umber, oatmeal, dark muted blue and light muted aqua. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and cool.

Color reading

Blue and brown cover more than three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, teal azure #4488A4, takes up 13% of it.

Palette

#326b88 MG 090 azure 20.3% of canvas
#2e2820 MG 219 bistre 17.0% of canvas
#7d7058 MG 183 golden umber 15.3% of canvas
#4488a4 MG 089 teal azure 13.0% of canvas
#574731 MG 185 dark golden umber 11.2% of canvas
#b1b29c MG 172 oatmeal 9.2% of canvas
#1d4156 MG 099 dark muted blue 7.5% of canvas
#76acb9 MG 080 light muted aqua 6.5% of canvas

Color families

Blue 44%, Brown 34%, Black 10%, Gray 8%, Green 2%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.50
Contrast: 0.48
Vividness: 0.050
Warmth: -0.45
Complexity: 139 cells
Hue range: 0.45
Focus: 0.04

Composition

53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.10 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 47% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 22% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1897
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 129.5 × 200.7 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

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