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A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Venetian · c. 1540

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Palette

Taupe
 43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Lamp black
 41% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.5:1
Bistre
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.5:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Cinnamon
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Sand
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

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
Venetian
Date
c. 1540
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
76 × 66 cm (29 7/8 × 26 in.); Framed: 103.2 × 92.8 × 7.7 cm (40 5/8 × 36 1/2 × 3 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits · Reading and letters
Main colour
Brown · lightness 27, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Chester D. Tripp. 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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