Dutch Golden Age · c. 1667
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride (c. 1667) by Rembrandt. Its palette is led by warm black (#1e1813, 46%) and dark brown (#462f1c, 28%), with accents of rich scarlet brown, rich sienna and light orange amber. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Rembrandt worked from a limited, mostly earthy palette: ochres, umbers, lead white and black, warmed with vermilion and red lakes, often laid on thickly in the highlights.
Palette
- #1e1813 MG 220 warm black 45.6% of canvas
- #462f1c MG 169 dark brown 27.6% of canvas
- #541b16 MG 149 very dark rich sienna 9.8% of canvas
- #624425 MG 168 dark amber brown 6.3% of canvas
- #996430 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 4.7% of canvas
- #8c321a MG 147 rich sienna 3.3% of canvas
- #d19a58 MG 032 light orange amber 2.7% of canvas
Color families
Black 49%, Brown 44%, Orange 3%, Yellow 2%, Red 2%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.24 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 61% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 22% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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