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A work made of oil on canvas.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo Bassano · 1560–65

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 50% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.2:1
Putty
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Sepia
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1
Umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1
Graphite
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.0:1

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
Jacopo Bassano
Date
1560–65
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
79.5 × 90.5 cm (31 1/4 × 35 5/8 in.); Framed: 103.2 × 115.3 × 13.7 cm (40 5/8 × 45 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
16th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 32, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson L. Mead Fund Income. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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