Animated scene of many mostly nude figures in close combat, on earth and aloft in low-hanging clouds, reaching toward one another with long spears.

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants

Joachim Wtewael · c. 1608

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Coffee
61% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1

Sepia
14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Raw umber
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Iron
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

Mahogany
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.6:1

Prussian blue
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1

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Artist: Joachim Wtewael
Date: c. 1608
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on copper
Size: 15.6 × 20.3 cm (6 1/8 × 8 in.); Framed: 24.1 × 27.3 × 3.5 cm (9 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
Place: Netherlands
Period: Mannerism · 17th century
Themes: Myths and legends
Main colour: Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants

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