Dutch Golden Age · 1609–1660 · Dutch

Judith Leyster

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (61%), black (29%) and gray (5%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: golden olive, dark umber, taupe, dark golden umber and warm black.

Color print

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

• MG 193 golden olive 13.7% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 10.8% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 10.6% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 7.3% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 6.8% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 6.2% of canvas
• MG 186 dark umber 6.2% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 6.0% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 5.4% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 4.6% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 3.1% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 2.8% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.3% of canvas
• MG 192 golden olive 2.2% of canvas
• MG 191 golden olive 1.4% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 1.2% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.38

Contrast

0.42

Vividness

0.028

Warmth

+1.00

Complexity

89 cells

Hue range

0.32

Focus

0.05

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 53% of the visual weight in the left half, 57% in the upper half; symmetry 0.04; 56% calm space; half of the detail in 21% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Jolly Toper, 1629
• Self-portrait by Judith Leyster, 1630
• The Proposition, 1631