Dutch Golden Age · 1582–1666 · Dutch
Frans Hals
Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (68%), black (16%) and gray (10%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: taupe, umber, golden olive, dark golden umber and charcoal.
Color print
The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.
- MG 176 taupe 15.5% of canvas
- MG 222 charcoal 14.8% of canvas
- MG 184 umber 8.0% of canvas
- MG 177 dark taupe 5.7% of canvas
- MG 193 golden olive 5.5% of canvas
- MG 185 dark golden umber 5.2% of canvas
- MG 218 graphite 5.0% of canvas
- MG 175 stone 3.4% of canvas
- MG 217 iron 3.2% of canvas
- MG 183 golden umber 2.6% of canvas
- MG 180 pale sand 2.3% of canvas
- MG 178 rich orange ochre 2.1% of canvas
- MG 182 golden umber 2.0% of canvas
- MG 181 light sand 2.0% of canvas
- MG 174 warm grey 1.8% of canvas
- MG 219 bistre 1.7% of canvas
Measurements
Composition
Averaged over 3 works: 51% of the visual weight in the right half, 56% in the lower half; symmetry 0.56; 44% calm space; half of the detail in 25% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.