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A work made of tempera on panel.

Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria

Workshop of Paolo Veneziano · c. 1350

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Palette

Lamp black
 29% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.9:1
Raw umber
 28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Bistre
 22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1
Bronze
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Caramel
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Workshop of Paolo Veneziano
Date
c. 1350
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
77 × 49.7 cm (30 1/4 × 19 5/8 in.); Framed: 101.6 × 59.7 cm (40 × 23 1/2 in.)
Place
Venice
Period
Medieval · 14th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 25, 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 (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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