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St. John of Matha and St. Felix of Valois Ransoming Christian Slaves

Franz Xavier Karl Palko · c. 1745

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Palette

Charcoal
 41% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.2:1
Iron
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Smoke
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Pearl grey
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1
Silver
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

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
Franz Xavier Karl Palko
Date
c. 1745
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
94.2 × 47 cm (37 1/16 × 18 1/2 in.); Framed: 103.6 × 56.6 × 7.7 cm (40 3/4 × 22 1/4 × 3 in.)
Place
Austria
Period
18th century
Themes
Birds · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 35, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest from the Estate of Bertha C. Loomis. 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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