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A work made of oil on panel.

Holy Family

German · c. 1450

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Palette

Bistre
 54% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1
Stone
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Brick
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.1:1
Raw umber
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Pale blue-grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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
German
Date
c. 1450
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
50.2 × 47.8 cm (19 3/4 × 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 59.7 × 59.1 cm (23 1/2 × 23 1/4 in.)
Place
Southern Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Cities and streets · Interiors · Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 33, colourfulness 17

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 (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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