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A work made of oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio · c. 1505

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Palette

Lamp black
 90% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.5:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Spruce
 2% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.2:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Brick
 0% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.7:1

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
Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio
Date
c. 1505
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas
Size
68.2 × 49.2 cm (26 11/16 × 19 3/8 in.); Framed: 94.7 × 77.5 × 8.3 cm (37 1/4 × 30 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
15th century
Themes
Portraits · Landscapes
Main colour
Black · lightness 11, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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