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Large painting of woman, in gold and pink dress, placing severed head on platter.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Guido Reni · c. 1639–42

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Palette

Charcoal
 61% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1
Sepia
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1
Iron
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Taupe
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Guido Reni
Date
c. 1639–42
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
248.5 × 174 cm (97 3/4 × 68 1/2 in.); Framed: 285 × 210.2 × 8.9 cm (112 3/16 × 82 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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