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A work made of oil on canvas.

Capriccio: The Lagoon

Francesco Guardi · After 1770

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Palette

Smoke
 43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Ash
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Iron
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1
Soot
 14% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.1:1
Lamp black
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.7:1
Silver
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

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
Francesco Guardi
Date
After 1770
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
21.3 × 17.2 cm (8 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Boats and ships
Main colour
Grey · lightness 41, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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