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Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and Angels

Piero di Cosimo · c. 1505

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Palette

Soot
 75% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1
Caramel
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Umber
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Apricot
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1
Garnet
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 13.0:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.2:1

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
Piero di Cosimo
Date
c. 1505
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
Diam.: 75 cm (29 9/16 in.); Framed: Diam.: 104.2 cm (41 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 18, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Lacy Armour Fund. 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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