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The Abduction of the Sabine Women by Nicolas Poussin

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin · probably 1633–34

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Palette

Sepia
 71% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1
Chestnut
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1
Lamp black
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.7:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Blue-grey
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Slate blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.3:1

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
Nicolas Poussin
French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome
Date
probably 1633–34
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
60 7/8 x 82 5/8 in. (154.6 x 209.9 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Brown · lightness 27, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946. 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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