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A work made of oil on panel.

The Apotheosis of the Hero

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1635

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Palette

Bistre
 57% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.2:1
Umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Smoke
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Mahogany
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.6:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.4:1

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
Follower of Peter Paul Rubens
Date
c. 1635
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
48.4 × 63.2 cm (19 1/16 × 24 7/8 in.); Framed: 72.8 × 87 × 7.7 cm (28 5/8 × 34 1/4 × 3 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Brown · lightness 25, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding 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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