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The Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Martin Schongauer · n.d.

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Palette

Pale stone
 43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1
Warm grey
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Graphite
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1
Oyster
 1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1

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
Martin Schongauer
German, c. 1430/50-1491
Date
n.d.
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Size
Sheet trimmed within platemark: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. 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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