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The Destruction of Pharaoh's Army

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, II · 1792

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Palette

Dark chocolate
37% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1
Iron
35% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Bronze
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Warm grey
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Putty
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Blue-grey
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.1:1

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Details

Artist
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, II
Date
1792
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
127 × 102.3 cm (50 × 40 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 29, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, Mrs. P. Kelley Armour and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Graham through the Old Masters Society; gift of Richard L. Feigen; Alexander A. McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Vale endowments; through prior acquisitions of Max and Leola Epstein, William O. and Erna Sawyer Goodman Fund through Friends of American Art, Mrs. Robert Hall McCormick in memory of Robert Hall McCormick, and Dellora A. Norris. 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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