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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Eruption of Vesuvius

Pierre-Jacques Volaire · 1771

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Palette

Charcoal
 40% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.2:1
Sepia
 33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Cinnamon
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Rust
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Green earth
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1
Amber
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Date
1771
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
116.8 × 242.9 cm (46 × 95 5/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Mountains · Night and moonlight
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 17

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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