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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Man

Nicolaes Maes · 1655

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Palette

Lamp black
 94% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.4:1
Umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Bistre
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.1:1
Caramel
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Raw umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

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
1655
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
102.9 × 78.7 cm (40 1/2 × 31 in.); Framed: 125.8 × 103.9 × 6.7 cm (49 1/2 × 40 7/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits · Interiors
Main colour
Black · lightness 6, colourfulness 4

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Kate S. Buckingham. 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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