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A work made of oil on panel.

Virgin and Child

Hans Memling · c. 1485

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Palette

Sepia
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Tan
 25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Lamp black
 25% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.4:1
Garnet
 10% of the image
Red · text contrast 13.9:1
Silver
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Crimson
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Hans Memling
Date
c. 1485
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
Framed: 41.1 × 33.4 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Framed: 63.9 × 91.8 × 7.4 cm (25 1/8 × 36 1/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Interiors · Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 20

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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