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A work made of tempera or oil on panel.

Virgin and Child

Ercole de' Roberti · 1490–96

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Palette

Peacock
 31% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.0:1
Dark chocolate
 28% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.4:1
Sand
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Copper
 9% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1
Burnt sienna
 8% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.0:1
Olive
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1

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
Ercole de' Roberti
Date
1490–96
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera or oil on panel
Size
52 × 35 cm (20 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.); Framed: 68 × 51.8 × 7 cm (26 3/4 × 20 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Teal · lightness 43, colourfulness 25

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 (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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