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A work made of oil on panel, transferred to canvas.

The Annunciation

Johann Koerbecke · Completed by 1457

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Palette

Bronze
 34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Bistre
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.5:1
Chestnut
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Charcoal
 12% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Fawn
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Dark ochre
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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
Johann Koerbecke
Date
Completed by 1457
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel, transferred to canvas
Size
Panel: 93.3 × 65.8 cm (36 3/4 × 25 7/8 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 25

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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