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The Madonna and Child with an Apple

The Madonna and Child with an Apple

Martin Schongauer · c. 1475

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Palette

Oyster
56% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1

Warm grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Pale stone
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

Stone
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

Smoke
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1

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: c. 1475
Type: Print
Medium: Engraving on paper
Size: 16.2 × 8.1 cm (6 7/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place: Germany
Period: 15th century
Themes: Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 8

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