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A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of a Man

Nicolaes Maes · c. 1655

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Palette

Lamp black
 60% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.7:1
Bistre
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.8:1
Dark chocolate
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Umber
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Nicolaes Maes
Date
c. 1655
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
30.5 × 26.5 cm (12 × 10 1/2 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Charles L. Hutchinson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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