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Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes · 1796

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Palette

Umber
 35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Bronze
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Stone
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Sepia
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Cinnamon
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

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
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
Date
1796
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
42 × 91.1 cm (16 9/16 × 35 7/8 in.); Framed: 59.3 × 107.7 cm (23 5/16 × 42 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Landscapes · Horses
Main colour
Brown · lightness 40, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin. 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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