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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · 1884–89

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Palette

Green earth
 41% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.8:1
Lichen
 23% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1
Stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Parchment
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1
Slate
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Date
1884–89
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
93 × 231 cm (36 7/16 × 90 15/16 in.); Framed: 124.5 × 243.8 × 19.1 cm (49 × 96 × 7 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Flowers · Myths and legends · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Green · lightness 57, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer 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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