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A work made of oil on paper, mounted to canvas.

View of Saleve, near Geneva

Théodore Rousseau · 1834

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Palette

Sepia
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Pale stone
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1
Bistre
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.6:1
Pewter
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Ash
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Théodore Rousseau
Date
1834
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paper, mounted to canvas
Size
39 × 62 cm (15 3/8 × 24 3/8 in.); Framed: 52.8 × 76.2 cm (20 3/4 × 30 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 49, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Henry Morgen, Ann G. Morgen, Meyer Wasser, and Ruth G. Wasser. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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