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Outdoors, distinct groupings of adult men and women, some with halos, gather near a building. The front-facing wall of the building is not depicted, allowing for a view inside, where a woman sits in bed with two women nearby and two other women dress a baby. A bearded man sits near the bed.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Bartolomeo di Giovanni · 1490/95

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Palette

Charcoal
 40% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Taupe
 33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Stone
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.9:1
Cinnamon
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Bartolomeo di Giovanni
Date
1490/95
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel (poplar)
Size
74 × 150.4 cm (29 3/16 × 59 3/16 in.); Framed: 88 × 164 cm (34 5/8 × 64 9/16 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 32, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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