Dutch Golden Age · 1628–1682 · Dutch

Jacob van Ruisdael

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly black (32%), gray (31%) and brown (29%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: light indigo blue, dark grey, grey, soot and iron.

Color print

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

• MG 223 soot 11.4% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 9.7% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 8.9% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 6.6% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 5.9% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 5.5% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 5.3% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 3.5% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.4% of canvas
• MG 224 black 3.1% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 2.9% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.3% of canvas
• MG 209 cool grey 2.2% of canvas
• MG 210 slate 2.1% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 1.8% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 1.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.42

Contrast

0.57

Vividness

0.018

Warmth

+0.56

Complexity

155 cells

Hue range

0.43

Focus

0.07

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 53% of the visual weight in the left half, 58% in the upper half; symmetry 0.20; 26% calm space; half of the detail in 33% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Jewish Cemetery, 1650s
• A Wooded Marsh, 1665
• The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, 1670