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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming by Joseph Wright of Derby

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Joseph Wright of Derby · 1779

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Palette

Lamp black
 46% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Coffee
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1
Sepia
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Fawn
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.5:1

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
Joseph Wright of Derby
British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby
Date
1779
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 24, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gifts of Mrs. William M. Haupt, Josephine Bay Paul, and Estate of George Quackenbush, in his memory, by exchange, The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gift, and funds from various donors, 2013. 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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