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A work made of tempera on panel.

The Death of the Virgin

Starnina (Gherardo di Jacopo) · 1405–10

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Palette

Dark ochre
 41% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Coffee
 28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.2:1
Rust
 10% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.4:1
Putty
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Smoke
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Navy
 5% of the image
Purple · text contrast 14.0:1

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
Starnina (Gherardo di Jacopo)
Date
1405–10
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
43.6 × 67.6 cm (17 1/8 × 26 5/8 in.); Framed: 44.5 × 67.4 cm (17 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 41, colourfulness 30

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 (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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