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A work made of tempera on panel.

The Battle of Pharsalus and the Death of Pompey

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni · c. 1455

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Palette

Taupe
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Iron
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1
Bronze
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Charcoal
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1
Brick
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.7:1

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
Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni
Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, 1403-1489)
Date
c. 1455
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
40.5 × 127.5 cm (16 × 50 1/4 in.); Framed: 67.3 × 151.8 cm (26 1/2 × 59 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Horses
Main colour
Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of C. Ruby Sears in honor of Richard Warren Sears II. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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