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A work made of black ink, charcoal, and touches of color on buff paper.

Two Ladies Converse at a Step-Well (Baoli) in a Walled Garden

Unknown artist · 18th century

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Palette

Putty
 76% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1
Oyster
 9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Smoke
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Unknown artist
Rajasthan, Kota
Date
18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Black ink, charcoal, and touches of color on buff paper
Size
29.2 × 23.2 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)
Place
India
Period
18th century
Themes
Gardens
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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