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A work made of oil on copper.

The Annunciation

Frans Francken the Younger · c. 1620

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Palette

Soot
 54% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.5:1
Sepia
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Umber
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1
Mahogany
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.7:1
Dark ochre
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Burnt sienna
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.0:1

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
Frans Francken the Younger
Date
c. 1620
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on copper
Size
29.2 × 23.5 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Birds · Interiors · Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William C. Buchbinder. 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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