Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase

Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase (1700–1709) by Rachel Ruysch. Its palette is led by dark taupe (#3f3e33, 43%) and taupe (#545346, 27%), with accents of warm grey, pale golden sand, light gold, ivory and scarlet. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown and gray cover more than four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet #AE724D, takes up just 2% of it.

Palette

#3f3e33 MG 177 dark taupe 42.8% of canvas
#545346 MG 176 taupe 27.3% of canvas
#2b2920 MG 219 bistre 8.5% of canvas
#7f7f65 MG 174 warm grey 8.5% of canvas
#cabe9a MG 189 pale golden sand 4.0% of canvas
#a79854 MG 038 light gold 3.2% of canvas
#f0ead8 MG 200 ivory 3.2% of canvas
#ae724d MG 024 scarlet 2.5% of canvas

Color families

Brown 52%, Gray 33%, Black 5%, White 4%, Yellow 3%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.45
Contrast: 0.51
Vividness: 0.028
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 136 cells
Hue range: 0.45
Focus: 0.26

Composition

56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 60% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.57 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 33% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1700–1709
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 65.0 × 53.5 cm
Genre: still life
Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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