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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein · c. 1787

Palette

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Artist

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Date

c. 1787

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

63 × 49.7 cm (24 13/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Framed: 80.4 × 67.4 × 8.9 cm (31 5/8 × 26 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)

Place

Germany

Period

18th century

Themes

Portraits · Cities and streets · Myths and legends

Main colour

Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 32

Art Institute of Chicago, The Old Masters Society and purchased with funds provided by Roger and Sheryl Griffin, Laurie and James Bay, April Schink through the Old Masters Society. 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