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A work made of tempera and oil on panel.

Panels from the Altarpiece of The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints: Saint Monica

Italian · 1450–75

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Palette

Soot
 53% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1
Honey
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Umber
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Cinnamon
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Iron
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Garnet
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.9:1

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
Italian
Date
1450–75
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera and oil on panel
Size
126.6 × 31.2 cm (49 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Place
Venice
Period
15th century
Themes
Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 17

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 (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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