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A work made of tempera on panel.

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Venetian · c. 1320

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Palette

Bronze
 55% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Soot
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1
Chalk
 9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Burnt orange
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.5:1
Mushroom
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

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
Venetian
Date
c. 1320
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
Overall: 63.5 × 92.7 × 12.1 cm (25 × 36 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.); Left wing: 63.8 × 22.7 cm (25 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Center: 63.8 × 46.8 cm (25 1/8 × 18 7/16 in.); Right wing: 63.8 × 23 cm (25 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
Place
Venice
Period
Medieval · 14th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Denison B. Hull. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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