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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of an Artist

French School · c. 1735

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Palette

Bistre
 85% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.3:1
Spruce
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.7:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.2:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Lichen
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.3:1

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
French School
Date
c. 1735
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
101.7 × 82 cm (40 × 32 5/16 in.); Framed: 126.3 × 106.9 × 10.2 cm (49 11/16 × 42 1/16 × 4 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin in honor of Patrice Marandel. 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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