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The Beggar Boy (The Young Pilgrim)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta · 1738–39

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 72% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Umber
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Oyster
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1
Terracotta
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Date
1738–39
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
67.7 × 54.7 cm (26 5/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 12

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 (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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