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The Genius of Castiglione by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione · ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)

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Palette

Warm grey
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Mushroom
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Putty
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Pale stone
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.3:1
Taupe
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Bone white
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.4:1

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
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua
Date
ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)
Type
Print
Medium
Etching
Size
14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.5 x 24.5 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Birds · Music and dance
Main colour
Grey · lightness 66, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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