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Madonna and Child by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Madonna and Child

Duccio di Buoninsegna · ca. 1290–1300

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Palette

Bronze
 50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Lamp black
 24% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.6:1
Sepia
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Coffee
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Sand
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

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
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Italian, active by 1278–died 1318 Siena
Date
ca. 1290–1300
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Size
Overall, with engaged frame, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm); painted surface 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm)
Period
13th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 35, colourfulness 21

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Annette de la Renta Gift, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Dodge Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Elaine L. Rosenberg and Stephenson Family Foundation Gifts, 2003 Benefit Fund, and other gifts and funds from various donors, 2004. 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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