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The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

A work made of opaque watercolor on paper.

The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist · c. 1775

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Palette

Ash
29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Silver
28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Sage
16% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1

Terracotta
15% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1

Taupe
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Olive
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1775
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Size: 36.2 × 53 cm (14 1/4 × 20 7/8 in.)
Place: Nepal
Period: 18th century
Themes: Rivers and lakes
Main colour: Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Everett McNear. 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