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A work made of oil on panel.

St. Cecilia

Antoine Wiertz · c. 1850

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Palette

Smoke
 33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Ash
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Silver
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Graphite
 17% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1
Pearl grey
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1
Lamp black
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.1:1

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
Antoine Wiertz
Date
c. 1850
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
48.6 × 34.3 cm (19 1/4 × 13 1/2 in.); Framed: 59.7 × 45.1 × 4.5 cm (23 1/2 × 17 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Place
Belgium
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers · Music and dance · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Marsh, Jr.. 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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