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St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

Saint George and the Dragon

Bernat Martorell · 1434–35

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Palette

Tan
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Walnut
 22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1
Bronze
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Warm grey
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Ochre
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

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

Details

Artist
Bernat Martorell
Date
1434–35
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
155.6 × 98.1 cm (61 1/4 × 38 5/8 in.)
Place
Spain
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Horses · Myths and legends · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 47, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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