Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer · 1568

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Palette

Lamp black
40% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.7:1

Dark chocolate
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.2:1

Chestnut
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1

Umber
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1

Tan
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Rust
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.5:1

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Artist: Joachim Beuckelaer
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1533–1575 Antwerp
Date: 1568
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on Baltic oak
Size: 50 5/8 × 68 7/8 in. (128.6 × 174.9 cm)
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 17, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Bequest of George Blumenthal, by exchange, 2015. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Fish Market

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