Dutch Golden Age · 1629–1684 · Dutch

Pieter de Hooch

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (52%), black (28%) and gray (7%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: soot, very dark reddish brown, light scarlet orange, dark brown and dark amber brown.

Color print

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

• MG 223 soot 16.6% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 7.9% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 4.6% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 4.2% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 4.0% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 3.8% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 3.6% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.5% of canvas
• MG 157 very dark reddish brown 3.2% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.9% of canvas
• MG 167 brown 2.8% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 2.6% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 2.6% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 2.5% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 2.3% of canvas
• MG 156 dark reddish brown 2.0% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.44

Contrast

0.55

Vividness

0.036

Warmth

+0.98

Complexity

190 cells

Hue range

0.39

Focus

0.10

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 58% of the visual weight in the right half, 53% in the lower half; symmetry 0.46; 20% calm space; half of the detail in 30% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Woman with a Child in a Pantry, 17th century
• The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658
• Mother Lacing Her Bodice beside a Cradle, 1661