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A work made of tempera and oil on panel.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Master of Palanquinos · c. 1490–c. 1500

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Palette

Olive brown
 42% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Bronze
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Dark ochre
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Amber
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Graphite
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.2:1
Cinnamon
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

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
Master of Palanquinos
Date
c. 1490–c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera and oil on panel
Size
109 × 73.7 cm (42 7/8 × 29 in.); Framed: 129.9 × 95.3 × 8.3 cm (51 1/8 × 37 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Spain
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 34

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 (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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