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A work made of oil on vellum.

The Death of St. Francis Xavier

Veronica Stern · c. 1750

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Palette

Iron
 34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Bronze
 29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1
Sepia
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Caramel
 12% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1
Mushroom
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Burnt sienna
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Veronica Stern
After Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Italian, 1639–1709)
Date
c. 1750
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on vellum
Size
12.7 × 20.5 cm (5 × 8 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Flowers · Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clarke. 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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