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Saint Martin and the Beggar

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · c. 1597–c. 1600

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Palette

Charcoal
 39% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Slate blue
 28% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.9:1
Iron
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1
Ash
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Silver
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.8:1

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
Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco
Date
c. 1597–c. 1600
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
110 × 63 cm (43 5/16 × 24 13/16 in.); Framed: 133.4 × 85.7 × 10.2 cm (52 1/2 × 33 3/4 × 4 in.)
Place
Greece
Period
Renaissance · Mannerism · 16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Horses · Bible stories and saints · Work and rural life
Main colour
Blue · lightness 34, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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