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The Gulf of Salerno

Joseph Wright of Derby · 1783–85

Palette

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

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Artist

Joseph Wright of Derby

Date

1783–85

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

41.6 × 59.4 cm (16 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.); Framed: 51.5 × 67.7 cm (20 1/4 × 26 5/8 in.)

Place

England

Period

18th century

Themes

Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships

Main colour

Green · lightness 54, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, L.L. and A.S. Coburn, Josephine and John I. Louis, Jr., and Alexander A. McKay Endowments; through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Endowment. 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