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A work made of oil on panel transferred to canvas.

King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem

Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group · 1515–20

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Palette

Charcoal
 51% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1
Sepia
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Bronze
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Silver
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Dusty rose
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group
Date
1515–20
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel transferred to canvas
Size
73.5 × 27.5 cm (28 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Framed: 79.7 × 33.4 × 5.1 cm (31 3/8 × 13 1/8 × 2 in.)
Place
Belgium
Period
Renaissance · 16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 29, 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 (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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