A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted. The central panel features the Virgin Mary and and Child flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael, twelve disciples below them in grid formation.

Triptych

Unknown artist · Late 17th century

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Palette

Charcoal
27% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1

Fawn
26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Taupe
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

Pewter
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

Caramel
10% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.6:1

Silver
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

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: Unknown artist
Eastern and Southern Africa
Date: Late 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord
Size: 67 × 74 cm (26 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.)
Place: Ethiopia
Period: 17th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 47, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Director's Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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