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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Synagogue

Alessandro Magnasco · c. 1730

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Palette

Lamp black
 40% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1
Dark chocolate
 39% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.5:1
Bistre
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.5:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Charcoal
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.4:1
Raw umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Alessandro Magnasco
Date
c. 1730
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
119.4 × 149.8 cm (47 × 58 15/16 in.); Framed: 132.8 × 163.4 × 12.1 cm (52 1/4 × 64 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Dogs · Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 13, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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