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A work made of tempera on panel.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Sandro Botticelli · 1485–95

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Palette

Bistre
 42% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1
Lamp black
 27% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.9:1
Umber
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1
Tan
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Burnt sienna
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.8:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Sandro Botticelli
Date
1485–95
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
Diam.: 34.4 cm (13 1/2 in.); Framed: 6.4 × 44.5 cm (2 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 17, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Max and Leola Epstein Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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