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A work made of tempera or distemper on canvas.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

Northern Italian · 1475–1500

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Palette

Dark ochre
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Cinnamon
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Lamp black
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.6:1
Bistre
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.7:1
Khaki
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

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
Northern Italian
Date
1475–1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera or distemper on canvas
Size
55.3 × 55.6 cm (21 3/4 × 21 13/16 in.); Framed: 68.3 × 68.9 × 7.7 cm (26 7/8 × 27 1/8 × 3 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Dogs · Horses · Cities and streets · Mothers and children · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 28

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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