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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Luca Giordano · c. 1675

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 45% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1
Umber
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Graphite
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.7:1

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
Luca Giordano
Date
c. 1675
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
260 × 295 cm (102 × 116 in.); Framed: 296 × 327.1 × 11.4 cm (116 1/2 × 128 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
17th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 26, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment; Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. 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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