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The Adoration of the Shepherds by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

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Palette

Bistre
 76% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.4:1
Caramel
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Steel blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.5:1
Pale blue-grey
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1
Amber
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Andrea Mantegna
Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua
Date
shortly after 1450
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
Size
Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 cm)
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932. 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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