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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Caspar Netscher · 1680

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Palette

Dark chocolate
77% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1
Olive brown
14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Taupe
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Tan
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Mushroom
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Caspar Netscher
Date
1680
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
47 × 38.1 cm (18 1/2 × 15 in.); Framed: 64.8 × 56.5 × 6.4 cm (25 1/2 × 22 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 20, colourfulness 13

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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