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A work made of oil on panel.

The Abduction of Europa

David Teniers the Younger · 1654–56

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Palette

Soot
 32% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.3:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Walnut
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Warm grey
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Raw umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1

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
David Teniers the Younger
After artist unknown (Venetian, active 16th century)
Date
1654–56
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
21.5 × 31.3 cm (8 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.); (Framed): 34 × 43.5 × 5.4 cm (13 3/8 × 17 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Flowers · Music and dance · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-01); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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