A work made of oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas.

Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo

Anne-Louis Girodet · c. 1810

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Palette

Dark chocolate
30% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.4:1

Umber
26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1

Cinnamon
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Sand
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Brick
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.8:1

Scarlet
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1

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

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Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet
Date: c. 1810
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil and ink on paper, laid down on canvas
Size: 30.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Framed: 43.2 × 58.5 × 6.4 cm (17 × 23 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 33, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf; Bequest of Luella Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial and Alexander A. McKay endowments. 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

Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo

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