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Lute Player by Valentin de Boulogne

Lute Player

Valentin de Boulogne · ca. 1625–26

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Palette

Lamp black
 84% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1
Coffee
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.5:1
Graphite
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Sepia
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1

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
Valentin de Boulogne
French, Coulommiers-en-Brie 1591–1632 Rome
Date
ca. 1625–26
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
50 1/2 x 39 in. (128.3 x 99.1 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Black · lightness 11, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund; Director's Fund; Acquisitions Fund; James and Diane Burke and Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2008. 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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