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A work made of oil on panel.

The Housekeeper

Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh · 1657

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 76% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Walnut
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1
Soot
 6% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1
Bronze
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Mahogany
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.9:1
Umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1

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
Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh
Date
1657
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
51.1 × 66.4 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/8 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Cats · Birds · Interiors · Work and rural life
Main colour
Black · lightness 14, colourfulness 17

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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