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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

Tan
 32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Umber
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1
Charcoal
 22% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.0:1
Sepia
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Raw umber
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Mushroom
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

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 Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576)
Date
1654–56
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
21.3 × 31.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.); Framed: 33.7 × 43.2 × 6 cm (13 1/4 × 17 × 2 3/8 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 18

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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