Movement · 1610–1700

Dutch Golden Age

Quiet interiors and grey-green landscapes in earth tones and lead white, with ultramarine and lead-tin yellow saved for the point of focus.

Across 30 works, the colors are mostly brown (49%), black (35%) and gray (9%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: warm black, soot, bistre, black and very dark brown.

Color print

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

• MG 219 bistre 11.1% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 10.9% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 7.6% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 7.0% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 6.3% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 5.2% of canvas
• MG 224 black 3.5% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.6% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 2.6% of canvas
• MG 193 golden olive 2.6% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.3% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 2.3% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 2.3% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 2.3% of canvas
• MG 186 dark umber 2.1% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 2.0% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.39

Contrast

0.48

Vividness

0.028

Warmth

+0.91

Complexity

134 cells

Hue range

0.36

Focus

0.13

Artists

• Frans Hals 1582–1666
• Rembrandt 1606–1669
• Judith Leyster 1609–1660
• Jan Steen 1626–1679
• Jacob van Ruisdael 1628–1682
• Pieter de Hooch 1629–1684
• Johannes Vermeer 1632–1675
• Rachel Ruysch 1664–1750

Works

• Laughing Cavalier, 1624
• Gipsy Girl, 1626
• A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. 1629
• The Jolly Toper, 1629
• Self-portrait by Judith Leyster, 1630
• The Proposition, 1631
• The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632
• The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633
• Belshazzar's Feast, 1636
• The Night Watch, 1642
• Woman with a Child in a Pantry, 17th century
• A Mayor of Delft and his Daughter, 1655
• The Jewish Cemetery, 1650s
• The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658
• The Little Street, 1658
• The Milkmaid, 1660
• Mother Lacing Her Bodice beside a Cradle, 1661
• View of Delft, c. 1661
• The Astronomer, 1664
• A Wooded Marsh, 1665
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665
• The Feast of Saint Nicholas, c. 1665
• The Art of Painting, c. 1667
• The Jewish Bride, c. 1667
• Return of the Prodigal Son, 1668
• The Happy Family, 1668
• The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, 1670
• Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies, and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge, 1688
• Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1700–1709
• Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Slab, 1716