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A work made of oil on canvas, mounted on board.

Portrait of a Man

French · 17th century

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Palette

Graphite
 57% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.3:1
Slate
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Smoke
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Ink
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Ash
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Silver
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1

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
French
Date
17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas, mounted on board
Size
88.5 × 73.5 cm (34 7/8 × 28 5/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. A. Watson Armour III, Mrs. W. I. Osborne, Jr., Mr. Charles B. Armour in memory of Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour. 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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