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Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) by Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1635

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Palette

Soot
 40% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1
Bistre
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.6:1
Olive brown
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Slate
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Putty
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp
Date
ca. 1635
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood
Size
80 1/4 x 62 1/4 in. (203.8 x 158.1 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits · Birds
Main colour
Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1981. 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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