Misty Sea

Misty Sea

Jan Toorop

Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
height 39.5 cm x width 43.5 cm
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • The image depicts an expansive coastal setting with a distant horizon and broad foreground landforms; the title identifies the work as Misty Sea.

  • Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 98%

    The sky, horizon, and distant forms are softened by a low-contrast, mist-filled atmosphere.

  • Haze Visual · 99%

    Edges and distant silhouettes dissolve into a pale atmospheric field, producing a clearly hazy appearance.

Visual Qualities

  • Dotted Visual · 98%

    The painted surface is composed of many small, discrete touches of blue, yellow, pink, violet, and green that remain visibly separate.

  • Pastel Colors Visual · 97%

    The palette is predominantly light and muted, combining pale blues, lavender, cream, ochre, pink, and soft green.

  • Curvilinear Forms Visual · 90%

    Curved and sweeping marks traverse the foreground, including several visible track- or furrow-like lines.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum record identifies the medium as oil on canvas.

Time Periods

Source & rights

Jan Toorop. Misty Sea. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.