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The Circumcision

Stefano Pozzi · c. 1762

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Palette

Graphite
 33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Smoke
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Ash
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Ink
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1
Silver
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Pearl grey
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1

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
Stefano Pozzi
Date
c. 1762
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
177.5 × 117.2 cm (69 7/8 × 46 1/8 in.); Framed: 189.3 × 129.6 × 7.7 cm (74 1/2 × 51 × 3 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 43, colourfulness 0

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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