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A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.

Hercules Resting

Paul Cézanne · 1897

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Palette

Linen
 79% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1
Pale stone
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.6:1
Putty
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Ash
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Peach
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

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
Paul Cézanne
after Pierre Puget (French, 1620-1694)
Date
1897
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Graphite on ivory wove paper
Size
19.4 × 11.8 cm (7 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 84, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection. 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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