The Stolen Kiss

The Stolen Kiss (1790) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Its palette is led by soot (#111110, 43%) and dark umber (#372c14, 24%), with accents of pale gold. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Black and brown cover about nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, amber #9F814E, takes up 9% of it.

Palette

#111110 MG 223 soot 43.4% of canvas
#372c14 MG 186 dark umber 24.3% of canvas
#775e31 MG 184 umber 20.5% of canvas
#9f814e MG 034 amber 9.1% of canvas
#dbcb99 MG 036 pale gold 2.7% of canvas

Color families

Black 46%, Brown 45%, Yellow 6%, Green 2%, Orange 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.33
Contrast: 0.50
Vividness: 0.034
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 154 cells
Hue range: 0.41
Focus: 0.19

Composition

59% of the visual weight is in the left half, 78% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.41 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 40% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 24% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1790
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 45.0 × 55.0 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

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