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A work made of oil on canvas.

Praying Virgin

Roman · c. 1720

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Palette

Ink
 36% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.6:1
Pewter
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Iron
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Ash
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Charcoal
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1
Pearl grey
 10% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1

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
Roman
Date
c. 1720
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
62.2 × 52.3 cm (24 1/2 × 20 5/8 in.); Framed: 78.2 × 66.7 × 8.9 cm (30 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 34, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Miss Felicia Ryan and Mr. William Ryan in memory of Mrs. Bertha Gill. 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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