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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Albrecht Dürer

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer · probably 1519

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Palette

Bistre
 58% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1
Raw umber
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1
Green earth
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Olive brown
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Dark chocolate
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.4:1
Mahogany
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1

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
Albrecht Dürer
German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg
Date
probably 1519
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on linden
Size
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60 x 49.8 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. 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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