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A work made of oil on canvas.

Christ Receiving the Children

Sébastien Bourdon · c. 1655

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Palette

Sepia
 55% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Slate
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Dark chocolate
 15% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1
Caramel
 7% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.7:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Rust
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Sébastien Bourdon
Date
c. 1655
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
100.3 × 135.2 cm (39 1/2 × 53 1/4 in.); Framed: 120.7 × 154 × 9.6 cm (47 1/2 × 60 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mountains · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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