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A work made of tempera on panel.

Virgin and Child

Tuscan · c. 1270

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Palette

Lamp black
 67% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1
Chestnut
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1
Caramel
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Persimmon
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.6:1
Sand
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Rust
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Tuscan
Date
c. 1270
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
81.7 × 47.8 cm (32 1/8 × 18 7/8 in.)
Place
Florence
Period
Medieval · 13th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 17, colourfulness 13

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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