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A work made of tempera on panel.

Icon with the Virgin and Child

Cretan · c. 1500

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 53% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1
Raw umber
 31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Straw
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

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
Cretan
Date
c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
38 × 30 cm (14 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Place
Kríti
Period
15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Myths and legends · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 30, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Joseph Winterbotham. 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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