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A work made of oil and tempera on panel.

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints

German · c. 1510

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Palette

Dark ochre
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Mushroom
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Dark olive
 21% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.8:1
Honey
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Taupe
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1

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. 1510
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil and tempera on panel
Size
Framed overall: 155 × 241.3 × 8.3 cm (61 × 95 × 3 1/4 in.); Left wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Center: 155 × 120.1 × 8.3 cm (61 × 47 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Right wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Gardens · Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 28

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 (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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