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A work made of oil on canvas.

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle · 1651

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Palette

Ash
 56% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Pewter
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Soot
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Sepia
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Slate
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Jan van de Cappelle
Date
1651
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
57.6 × 71.2 cm (22 11/16 × 28 in.); Framed: 78.7 × 93.4 × 5.7 cm (31 × 36 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
17th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Birds · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 53, colourfulness 4

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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