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A work made of oil on canvas.

Allegory of Venus and Cupid

Imitator of Titian · c. 1600

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Palette

Walnut
 59% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.2:1
Raw umber
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Tan
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Sepia
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

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
Imitator of Titian
Date
c. 1600
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
129.9 × 155.3 cm (51 1/8 × 61 1/8 in.)
Place
Italy
Themes
Birds · Mothers and children · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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