↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
Colour palette
#0C0604#130B07#23160D#070403#0A0504#42301D
Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
Accent colours
Small, vivid details detected in the image. These areas are already included in the dominant groups above; their percentages are not added to the total.
#775835≈ 0.72%
Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Web image resized for display. · Museum record & image source ↗
Netherlands · 1653
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
- Date
- 1653
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm)
- Country / context
- Netherlands
- Movement / tradition
- Baroque · Source ↗
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Light gathers on the philosopher’s face, hand, chain and the sculpted head. Compare these illuminated surfaces with the surrounding darkness. The painting places a living thinker beside an ancient poet’s image, making touch and contemplation central to the composition.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordA MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
